John Nelson DHS Class of 41 passed away:
Posted by LeaRae Parrill Espe (67): Bottineau, ND.
Dear Gary,
We were saddened to learn of the death of my uncle John Nelson of Minot who passed away this morning at Manor Care. He had a massive stroke last week .
He is survived by three sisters Eugenie Walker, Marie Parrill, and Mildred Parrill. He was preceded in death by three sisters – Nellie Blomquist, Jennie Metcalfe, and Olga Edinger and two brothers Erling and Carl Nelson. His wife Della passed away June 2008. He is survived by four children, Jeff and Jana of Minot and Sherri Coutts, Colorado Springs, CO and Bob of Craig, CO. A memorial service has tentatively been set for September 19 in Lansford.
He worked in plumbing and sheet metal for R & O in Rolette, purchased his own plumbing shop in New Rockford and sometime in the 1960s went to work for Honeywell in NW North Dakota. For many years he traveled this area to check thermastats, etc in many buildings and schools including the Bottineau Public School where I worked.
I am sure the Minot Daily will carry the full obituary soon.
He was a member of the Dunseith HS Class of 1941.
Thanks for posting this. LeaRae Parrill Espe
LeaRae, Yes it is so sad to hear of the passing of your Uncle John. You also lost another Uncle, Thurman Parrill, this month too. Our condolence are with your whole family with the losses of both of your uncles. I will post the Minot daily Obituary when it comes out. Gary
Reply from Gary Metcalfe (57): Forsyth, MO
Hello All, Regarding the cruise it was everything that we had heard about it, and that is hard to believe. When you try to tell this generation about anything, their response is “been there, done that”. Thanks to the mobility of our world.
Aggie after the cigarette caper that we all have tried in one form or the other, Prince Albert, Velvet, Duke’s, Bull Durham in the rural setting. My dad didn’t smoke, so I only got an old pack of Camels and a cigar he had from Chris Berg in Seattle about 4 years old. So then we used a weed that looked like tobacco and yes, newspaper burns too fast!!
I have known people who take up smoking or chewing later in life. If you do, I’d like to offer some advise….don’t start with Copenhagen. Don’t be on a mission such as going to get the cows for milking. As I lay under the barb wire by the old split rail cornerpost, I started to measure the consequences of being home late with the cows, sooo up on my hands and knees, gradually getting to a standing position. Wouldn’t you know the cows were in the far end of the pasture!
Aggie, I was pretty sure, now I am very sure. You can laugh at yourself, a lot of us are not real good at that, if you know what I mean. You just need to share more of those many stories.
Sharron Shen you just exposed one of your heros. Everyone should have at least one, wouldn’t that make an interesting blog. Very interesting man, Ernest Boucher. I always wanted to know about him. Thanks for sharing.
Gary Metcalfe
Reply from Bev Morinville Azure (72): Dunseith, ND.
| Aggie, I sure did enjoy your story of you kids smoking…….. I can close my eyes and just see Eddie with that hugh ciggy in his month. We all thought it was so cool to smoke.Little did we know just how bad it is for each of us. I smoked for 35 years and in the end I lost 50% of my tougne and now on this Tuesday the 8th of Sept I will undergo a Thoracoscopy to see if I have lung cancer. IF you smoke please STOP now. It is not worth all the worry and pain . God Bless you all and please keep me in your prayers. Have a great labor weekend. |
Postings by Neola Kofoid Garbe: Minot & Bottineau, ND.
Sister Sharon Houle is a sister to all of the Houle kids (Keith, Joanne, Gary, Allen, Ron, Pam, Doreen) that we all know from Dunseith. Their mother, Lillian, recently passed away.
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From the Thurman Parrill Family
Don Boardman DHS class of 60
Jamie Pladson is the son of Dan (75)
and the late Marge Johnson Pladson
Granddaughter of Lloyd (44) & Theresa Cote (48) Awalt
