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Karen Loeb Mhyre meets Gayle Kurth Knoephler, San Haven patient originally from Willow City
Message from Karen Loeb Mhyre (’65): Bellevue, WA
Hello Gary,
I know people from North Dakota are all over the world, but it still amazes me when I meet someone who knows our little part of the world. Today at my yoga class I visited with a woman who, we discovered, was one of the last TB patients treated by my dad at the San. Her name is Gayle Knoephler. Her maiden name was Kurth. She lives in Bellevue as I do, and left North Dakota after she graduated from the UND. Her husband (now diseased), was also a physician and one of her son’s currently practices as a hospitalist at Overlake Hospital here in Bellevue! My husband practiced at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Washington! It really is a very small world!!
She told me that she grew up in Overly, went to school in Willow City. She spent her senior year in high school as a patient at the San. She had 3 roommates and one of them was Brenda Hoffman’s mother! She is a bit older then I, but seemed about my age in fitness! She told me she is 78 and I am 64!
I told her about the Dunseith blog, and I have forwarded several of the recent entries. She might be interested in getting them regularly. I hope you are enjoying our spring weather. it has been beautiful the last few days here in Washington State. Wishing you and Bernadette a wonderful Easter.
Karen Loeb Mhyre
Gayle Kurth Knoephler’s reply to Gary: Bellevue, WA
Thank you for being so helpful. At Willow City High School, Dunseith was the basketball team that beat us.
Brenda Hoffman was a tiny baby patient her mother could hear cry from our room Room 412. I’ll e-mail her to link up with Alice. I was in shock when Karen Loeb Mhyre and I discovered our connection and so pleased that the Dunseith grads keep in touch. Dr. Loeb was an iconic personality and his family held in high esteem. Two patients, ? Williams and Eddie Leonard from the Dunseith area at the time I was also ended up at UND. Overly has had school reunions although our school closed long ago.You may know that there are less than 15 people left in Overly. In the old days my family had me take lessons from the Nuns in Dunseith and we patronized Hosmers, the hardware store, drugstore and best of all the movie theatre and bakery. Often the movies were B level but we never complained. My sister loved the Barn Dances… weren’t they the events of a lifetime? Later, as a Social work major at UND I researched the Turtle Mountain Chippewas so became better informed about those wonderful staff people who took care of us at the San. Benny Solem, the long time commissary/store guy was from Overly. I wrote a book (fictionalized) that takes place in the San but never polished it up to try to publish it. Maybe now I’ll be inspired to do so especially since anyone can publish on Amazon. I’ve always laughed about me marrying a Jewish doctor, wondering if my near worship of Dr. Loeb influenced me. He was brilliant and at 17 I felt he saved my life.
Reply to the 1932 Threshing Crew Photo
From David Fugere: Dunseith, ND
I think Manville Sebelius would be a big help with the threshing crew, if he would see the picture. He’s still sharp as a tack !!P.S. Rhonda STILL looks “sharp as a tack!”
Thanks Gary,
David
Happy Birthday to Rhonda Hiatt
From Diane Fugere (’75): Minot, ND
Happy Birthday to a real sweetie,Rhonda Hiatt! Dunseith Alumni Web Site
Reply from Allen Richard (’65): Midland, MI
WOW Gary — and Thank you Amy. This has been a class act for years, but it looks like you are taking it to another level. I think you are creating a model for a lot of other groups much like ours!
Joke of the day
From my good friend Ed Manning: Cebu, Philippines
Two Ladies Talking in Heaven
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