Folks,
I am departing for the States tomorrow, Friday, July 3rd. I will be returning July 27th. During this time I will not be posting any Blogs. I can always be reached on Face Book and email. My primary email address is gws123456@hotmail.com also gws123456@gmail.com. They are both good.
I will be staying with my brother Darrel (Bud) and his wife Debby in Bottineau. Their phone number is (701) 228-2190. I will be getting a Mobile number too, when I get there, that I will be posting on Face Book. Not sure if I can get it on the 4th, if not, for sure on the 5th.
Looking forward to seeing many of you folks with this trip back. As before, I plan on eating breakfast most every morning at the Bottineau Bakery.
Tomorrow will be long day. I depart Cebu at 8:00 AM Friday with a 3 hour layover in Japan, a 6 hour layover in Minneapolis, arriving in Minot at 9:30 PM on July 3rd. 25 ½ hours total. It will be nearly midnight when I get to Bottineau. I have a rental car reserved with Enterprise.
Gary
Happy 74th Birthday! June 29th. Shirley (LaRocque) Wendt class of 1959 Dunseith
From your sister Ginger LaRocque Poitra (’65): Belcourt, ND
Happy Birthday Shirley LaRocque Wendt (’59): Tukwila, WA
Happy Birthday Donna Wenstad (’75): Amado, AZ
Virgil Landsverk passed away
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Virgil Landsverk, 76, Minot, ND, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015, in his home surrounded by his loving family.
Virgil Oliver Landsverk was born was born on August 13, 1938, a son of Nels and Gertie (Rispa) Landsverk, in Bottineau, ND. Virgil was baptized at the Salem Lutheran Church and later confirmed at the Rendahl Lutheran Church. He was reared on the family farm in the Turtle Mountains and attended Beaver Dam and Willow Lake Country Schools.
Virgil’s employment included working at a service station in Bottineau, on the oil rigs, and as a construction worker and heavy equipment operator for various companies; some of whom were Strukness, Bechtold Paving, Mattson, Mikkelson Brothers, and Wanzek, from which he retired.
Virgil married Verginia LeAnne Latendresse on April 24, 1971, in Upham. They have two children, Michael and Kelli.
He enjoyed watching television, especially Lawrence Welk, the Gaither’s, Antiques Road Show, and game shows. He also enjoyed talking on the phone with his family and friends, and spending time with his grandkids.
Virgil is survived by his wife of 44 years, Verginia LeAnne Landsverk, Minot; son, Michael of Minot, daughter, Kelli (Devon) Dyck of Rugby, granddaughters, Kayleigh and Arianna, grandson, Charles; brothers, Elwood (Linda) of Minot, David of Bottineau, Leland of Bottineau; sisters, Sharon Beckman of Bottineau and Barb (Larry) Lawrence of Bottineau; sisters-in-law, Connie Landsverk of Bottineau and Aggie Landsverk of Salina, CA; brother-in-law Corky (Ida) Latendresse of Minot; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Evelyn; brothers, Bruce, Arlan, Darrel, Roger and Kenneth; grandson Little Virgil Gayle; and niece, Elizabeth Landsverk.
Memorial Service: Friday, July 3, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at Bible Fellowship Church, 1720 4th Ave NW, Minot.
Interment: Rendahl Cemetery, rural Dunseith, ND.
Visitation: There will be no reviewal, but friends may sign the register book Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.
Joke of the day
Posted by Mel Kuhn (’70): St. John, ND
Cletus is passing by Billy Bob ‘s hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door, he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old John Deere tractor.
Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left. He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt.
Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to reveal his stained T-shirt underneath. With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and hurls his baseball cap onto a pile of hay.
Having seen enough, Cletus rushes in and says, “What the world’re ya doing, Billy Bob?”
“Good grief, Cletus, ya scared the bejeebers out of me,” says an obviously embarrassed Billy Bob.
“But me ‘n the wife been havin trouble lately in the bedroom d’partment, and the therapist suggested I do something sexy to a tractor.”
(Don’t make me come ‘splain this to you!)