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 Jesslyn Hosmer, age 75 of Dunseith, died Thursday at a Minot hospital. Funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 pm at the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. Visitation will on Tuesday from 1:00 pm until service time at the church. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery at Dunseith. Jesslyn Maureen (Selzler) Hosmer, a daughter of Joseph and Ila (Korthal) Selzler, was born on November 14, 1936 at Towner, ND. Jesslyn was baptized at the Presbyterian Church in Towner. She was reared there and graduated as Salutatorian from Towner High School in 1954. She then attended Jamestown College and earned her teaching degree. On July 6, 1958, she married Donald E. Hosmer at the Presbyterian Church in Towner. They made their home in Dunseith. She worked at the Dunseith Elementary School for several years teaching 5th grade and later physical education. She also assisted Don with the bookkeeping for the Laundromat. In 1975, she began working at Security State Bank in Dunseith where she worked until 1994. She then worked at Uniband in Belcourt for a short time. She assisted with management of the Birchwood and Dunseith golf courses and also managed the Log House Tourist Shop and RV Park in Dunseith for several years. In the early 1980’s they bought a cabin on Lake Metigoshe where they loved spending time in the summer and in the past several years they spent the winter months at their home in Mesquite, NV.

She was a member of the Methodist Church in Dunseith. She was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Willing Workers and the Dunseith Country Club. She enjoyed bowling, golfing, playing bridge, fancy hand work, reading, traveling and going to the casino.

She is survived by her husband Don of Dunseith; daughters, Kay Maureen Hosmer (Cantley) of Crown Point, IN and Donna Jo (Hosmer) Larson of Helena, MT; 3 grandchildren, Keely Inez Larson, Nicholas Hosmer Cantley and Hannah Vi Larson; brother, Gregory (Barbara) Selzler; brothers-in-law, Bill Hosmer and Bob (Katrine) Hosmer; aunt and uncle, Margaret and Garn Radabaugh and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her parents and grandparents, she was preceded in death by a sister-in-law, Patricia Hosmer.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be given to the Peace Lutheran Church and the American Lung Association.

Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net

 

 

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