04/20/2012

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Posted By Neola Kofod Garbe: Bottineau & Minot, ND.

 
Note: Melvin Cree, Sharon’s Husban (deceased) is from the DHS of ’65

Sharon Marie Cree-Lenior
(May 29, 1956 – April 16, 2012)

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SHARON MARIE BELGARDE CREE-LENIOR

Sharon M. Cree-Lenior, age 55 of Dunseith, died Monday in a Belcourt hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at the Dunseith Jesus Name Church in Dunseith. Burial will be in the Belgarde Family Cemetery of rural Dunseith. A wake will be held on Friday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 7:00 P.M. in the Church.

Sharon Marie Belgarde Cree-Lenior, a daughter of Roy and Margaret (St. Claire) Belgarde, was born on May 29, 1956 at Belcourt. She attended school at Belcourt and Dunseith. Later she attended Turtle Mountain College. Sharon worked as a cook at several restaurants in Dunseith and Bottineau. On June 24, 1974 she was married to Melvin Cree Sr. at Rolla, ND. Melvin died on December 20, 1996. Sharon worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for several years. She then married Leo Lenior. This marriage later ended.

She enjoyed riding around to visit family and friends. Sharon loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Dunseith Jesus Name Church in Dunseith. Sharon enjoyed going to church. She raised her twin grandsons, Davis and Steven Cree. She was a foster mother to several children. Sharon enjoyed baking and she made the best Fry Bread and Carmel Rolls. She loved to ride horse when she was young.

She is survived by her daughter, Melanie and her husband Jeff LaRocque of Dunseith; sons, Garret Cree and his wife Cindy, Marlin Cree Paul Cree Michael Cree and his wife Carrie all of Dunseith, Melvin R. Cree Jr. and Patrick Cree both of Green Bay, WI; 30 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; brothers, Leroy Belgarde, Larry and his wife Velda Belgarde Betti Jean and her husband Kenny Azure, Curtis Belgarde, David and his wife Peggy Belgarde Doris and her husband Verlin Dubois, Ronald Belgarde, Gary Belgarde Jr. Kathy Thiefoe; godchild Brittany Belgarde; special uncle, Clifford Belgarde of Jamestown; uncles, Francis, Leslie, Lyle, Alvin and Darwin Belgarde, aunts, Ronette Morin, Rose Mary Bruce and Norma Belgarde

Sharon was preceded in death by her husband, Melvin; parents, Roy and Margaret; sister, Beverly Parisien; brothers, Gary Belgarde; godmother, Violet Desjarlais and several aunts and uncles.

 

 

 
 
Threshing memories
Reply for Lloyd Awalt (44): Bottineau, ND.
 
Hi Dick, That was a very good write up about the old thrashing crews you did on job in describing the way it was done. I hauled bundles for Leo Fugere when he had his crew. The spike picture that was what he did ,was help you unload when you went in. That was the best time, when it rained we had a day off. One time it was Sat. and we were about done with the place we were working getting done early and we can make it to town, so I climbed on the back of the horse for the other one would follow and head for the barn, Dale Fugere did the same thing only one of his horse’s went home, didn’t make it town, had to catch that darn horse. It was hard work but nobody would mind and we would always make some fun out of it. Sure we slept in hay mows but it was ok you were tired , so it felt good, one thing about it the ladies in the cook car knew to keep you happy. They made some wonderful meals. apple pie for lunch.We used to count bundles when we were loading in the field to see who would get the most on there load to get 150 bundles on a load was very good. Lloyd.
 
 
 
Martin Rude’s Threshing Machine collection
Comments from Dick Johnson (’68): Dunseith, ND
 
Gary and Friends,

On the subject of Martin Rude’s threshing machine collection, his
son LeRoy told me his dad had wanted to get 50 threshing machines in the
collection but had gotten to 46 when he passed away. LeRoy had me haul
one for him and I bought the one at Jack Flynn’s auction for $15. and
hauled it over to Rude’s so I think that one would be #48. It’s getting
closer! Martin’s threshing machines are mostly made of metal with only
a small amount of wood in places. Jack Peterson donated an old Sawyer
Massey threshing machine to the museum a few years ago and that one is
basically all wood and very rare. Had it not been stored inside over
the years, it would just be a pile of steel shafts and pulleys on the
ground but it is in remarkably good shape. I remember the day I hauled
the old relic to the museum on my implement truck. Every time I hit a
bump, even though I was going at a crawl, I would cringe thinking that
it might crumble in a pile behind me. It made the loading ,the hauling,
and the unloading with no problem. My grandpa had an old ‘Yellow
Fellow’ all wooden machine that sat in the woods here for many years
after it had been replaced. I believe it was made by the Avery
Threshing Machine Company. It still showed some of the bright yellow
paint color when I was a kid and played around and on it. Over the
30-40 years it sat, it basically settled into a pile and in the 70s I
burned what was left and hauled the scrap iron to clean up the place. I
don’t think we have a picture of the old ‘Yellow Fellow’ but I still do
have the huge iron wheels from it. Thanks Gary!

Dick

 

Martin Rude’s Threshing Machine collection east of Long Lake

Picture from Dakota Memories Photography (Clayton Parrill ’72): Bottineau, ND