Thank you Marlene,Gary
Thank you Colette,Yes these spells are difficult, but with good help we manage.Gary
Thanks Rich,
Gary
Thank you Connie,Enjoy your time in Bakersfield.Gary
Rod,Please give your mother birthday wishes from us. She always looks very nice too. I saw her several times this past July with our visit back to the area. She is looking great. We had several nice chats too. She for sure does not show here age, same for Shelley. I am so glad I was able to finely see and meet Shelley. It was very nice seeing you too Rod. I was so saddened with Laurel’s passing. I only wish I could have seen him before he left us. It has actually been a number of years since I last saw Laurel.Gary
Just wanted to share our conversation from our church council meeting which happened after church this morning. A brochure was passed around that talked about “Baskets of Promise” supported by Lutheran World relief and will be sending personal care supplies to the Philippines . These collections would happen every Sunday until Easter. When I told the council we knew people personally in the Philippines, they wanted to know if we could call our collections “Basket of Hope” and send the care package to you and Bernadette for distribution. The things that are suggested are collecting a different item each week. Week 1 being Bars of Soap, week 2, Combs, Week 3, light weight bath towels 52″ x 27″ ,Week 4, nail clippers, week 5, toothbrushes, and Palm Sunday Bars of soap again. Maybe there would other items that are needed more. We are open to suggestions.
After reading your blog today about Bernadettes condition, maybe you would not want to deal with distributing these supplies. We are a small congregation and so I don’t expect the basket to be a large amount of things. Be honest and let us know your feelings on doing something like this at your difficult time.
Thank You!
Sincerely
Martha Lamb Schepp (’68)
Martha,The answer to your first question, yes, we have “state of the art” medical coverage here in the Philippines.About your “Basket of Hope” care packages. Are these intended for the Typhoon victims or in general the Filipino’s in need? We can support either cause. How are you shipping these items? You can ship them to our address if you like. Basic needs that you have listed would be greatly appreciated. Shipping costs can be costly. From Bremerton we ship all of our stuff via Balikbayan boxes. Not sure if there is a Balikbayan shipments available in Minot or not. Art or Rose Hagen can may know if Balikbayan box shipments are available in Minot.Thank you Martha,Gary
I hope your doing able to hang in there with the difficulty of Bernadette’s health.
From Bill Hosmer’s posting, that some history is no longer required in high school classes and the corresponding presentation, is is very unfortunate. Churchill said “those who fail to understand history are condemned to repeat it.” We had a foreign exchange student with us for a year from the Netherlands and she also observed that some of the education standards in high school are much lower than those in her country. She was particularly amused by multiple choice tests/quizzes, she said its is so different to receive a quiz and the answers are given to the student! But she did think the pageantry that goes along with graduation form high school and extra curricular activities like music, drama, sports, et. al, a good thing – there are many things we do very well. They do not have those things in high school in the Netherlands. We had many good conversations about each of our cultures.
In high school, I cannot recall, but I wish that saying from Churchill with some discussion would be good at the start of a history class. When I did the student teaching part of the college curriculum, I usually included this in the first session, as I remember from high school, the question always came up “why history, why do I need to know about all these things from long ago that have nothing to do with me today?” I do recall that once, we were taught about the internment camps of the Japanese citizens in this country and that was very important. Being a nation of immigrants, its seems important we exercise caution when another country becomes a foe to the U.S.
There is a lot to know and understand, it seems to me. The historical understanding of the separation of church and state ( today we can look to some of the countries in world who mix the two and what happens besides religious persecution – example – September 11th), the recessions that follow the build-up to wars (economics), the sweat shops that occurred at the onset of the industrial revolution gave me an understanding of Worker’s Compensation Insurance ( an area I worked in for a part of my life). There is so much – history is so important. But it takes very good social science teachers to get these ideas through to teenagers (like I once was) and whose interest were cars and other popular things of the day. Just my thoughts today.
Aime
DORIS SMITH PRITCHARD (DHS ‘1946)
Doris Pritchard, age 84 of Bottineau, died Thursday at a Minot hospital. Funeral will be held on Tuesday at 10:00 am at the United Parish in Bottineau. Visitation will be on Monday from 1:00 pm. until 9:00 pm. with a prayer service at 7:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau.
Doris May Pritchard, a daughter of Winthrop and Edna (Hintz) Smith was born on June 28, 1929 at Bottineau. She was reared on the family farm south of Currie Country School in Rolette County where she also attended school. She later moved with her family to farm near Lord’s Lake. She graduated from Dunseith High School in 1945. She attended teacher’s college in Minot and upon graduation she obtained a teaching position at a country school in Rolette County. On January 10, 1949, she married Corbin Pritchard at the First Lutheran Church Parsonage in Bottineau. She worked for a time as a clerk at the Red Owl and also Vinje’s Dept Store. In 1964, they opened Pritchard’s Shoe Store in Bottineau. Corbin passed away on October 19, 1981.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church and later the United Parish in Bottineau. Doris had many interests to occupy her spare time. She enjoyed spending time at Lake Metigoshe, visiting with her family and friends, gardening and canning and crocheting. She also loved watching her grandsons play hockey and loved to watch the UND Fighting Sioux hockey games. She will be greatly missed by her family and many good friends.
She is survived by her sons, William (Diane) Pritchard, Keith (Janet) Pritchard all of Bottineau; daughter, Cheryl (Douglas) Marsden of Bottineau; grandchildren, Dominic (Jessica) Marsden of Bottineau, Damien (Megan) Marsden of Thief River Falls, MN, Stefan (Jill) Pritchard of Savage, MN, Erica (Duane) Klabunde of Minot, Katelyn (Paul) Pertile of Green River, WY, Johna (Nathan) Miller of Crystal MN, and Reis Pritchard of Bismarck, ND; 8 great-grandchildren; sisters, Betty Burcham of Kennewick, WA, Lois Yates of McKinney, TX, Judy (Royce) Yates of Shreveport, LA and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Patsy Krummy and great-grandson Rylin Marsden.
Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register at www.nerofuneralhome.net.
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Ronnald Tennancour
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Ronnald Tennancour, age 72 of Bottineau, died Thursday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Tuesday at 2:00 pm at the St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Bottineau. Visitation will be Monday from 10:00 am until 9:00 pm with a prayer service at 5:00 pm at the Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Burial will be at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau.
Ronnald Tennancour, a son of Roland and Yvette (Boucher) Tennancour, was born on September 14, 1941. Roland passed away in 1942. They moved to Bottineau in 1944 when Yvette married Oscar Brunsell. Ron played catcher on the Bottineau baseball team that won the State Championship in 1959 and he graduated from Bottineau High School that same year. He then attended college in Wahpeton. He returned to the Bottineau area and began working with R&O Construction out of Rolette. On November 11, 1963, he married Carolle McNea at the St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Bottineau. In 1970 they moved to Fargo when Ron began working with Laney’s Plumbing and Heating. They returned to Bottineau in 1975 and opened T&J Plumbing and Heating. Ron retired in 2010.
He was a member of the Moose Lodge in Fargo. He loved golfing, hunting, bowling, playing cards and shaking dice.
Ron passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at a Bottineau hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Carolle of Bottineau; daughters, Penny (Steve) Bernstein and Barb (Steve) Waagen all of Bottineau; 6 grandchildren, Justin (Kaleena) Bernstein, Jacob Bernstein, Jackson Bernstein, Dustin Monson, Patrick Monson and Nancy (Cayce) Stute; 4 great-grandchildren, Ashtyn and Blayke Bernstein and Adam and Hannah Stute; sister, LuAnne (Arlan) Opstedal of Minneapolis; brother, Fred Brunsell of Lead, SD; many loved brothers and sisters-in-law; nieces and nephews and his dog, Toby.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one grandson, Wade Waagen.
Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net.
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