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Marie Johner
Aug. 29, 1917-Oct. 12, 2006
Marie E. Johner, 89, of Minot, formerly of Towner died Thursday, October 12, 2006, at Trinity Medical Center in Minot, North Dakota.
Marie Edna (Christiansen) Johner was born on August 29, 1917 to Edna (Nelson) and Hans Christiansen in Ryder, North Dakota. Marie graduated as Valedictorian of her class at Ryder HS in 1935 and completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Education at Minot State Teachers College in 1940. While she was in high school and college, Marie spent her summers working on the family farm. During her college years, she lived with and worked for several Minot families in the Eastwood Park area of Minot to earn her room, board and college tuition.
Marie began her teaching career at Kief High School. During the war years, she taught in Pembina High School and also coordinated the “Victory Garden” project in Pembina, ND. She moved to Towner, ND in 1945 to teach high school English. It was there that she met and married
Peter Johner. Marie and Peter were married
at St. Cecilia’s Church on July 21, 1947. From 1948 to 1956, Marie discontinued teaching to raise their four children. Peter and Marie owned and operated Johner’s Cafe in Towner together with Peter’s mother, Elizabeth and his brother, Carl. Marie went back to teaching English at Berwick High School in 1956-57 and finally returned to teaching at Towner High School from 1966 until her retirement in 1980.
As a high school English, Speech and Drama Teacher, Marie held offices in many professional organizations including PTA, Towner Education Association, and ND Council for Teachers of English Executive Board, Curriculum Development Chairman, and Delegate to the National Convention of English Teachers, NCA School Evaluation Team member, Chairperson of County Speech Contests and of Bicentennial Speech Events. During her teaching career, Marie was named Outstanding Secondary Educator, Teacher of the Year for the Towner Education Association, and Honorary Alumna of Towner High School.
Marie was very involved in the community of Towner serving as President of the American Legion Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary President. Marie was also an active member of St. Cecilia’s Catholic Parish serving as Church Choir director, Secretary of the Christian Mothers Society, Secretary of the
Church Council and teacher of catechism and confirmation.
Marie’s husband Peter passed away in 1991 and her life took a new direction. She joined the Towner Senior Citizens club and learned to write grant applications to help fund this organization. Marie learned to operate a computer and began teaching computer class to her fellow senior citizens in Towner. She took up oil painting and continued crocheting quilts for her many new baby grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was an active member of Beginning Experience, Delta Kappa Gamma, Darners Club and Homemakers Club where she shared many happy hours with dear friends.
In 2002, Marie moved to an apartment in Minot where she was able to spend time with her son Harlan and where she continued her community involvement. She moved into Edgewood Vista assisted living in 2004. While at Edgewood Vista, she coordinated the Catholic Catechism study group, participated in many programs as a reader or emcee and was named President of the Resident’s Council, a position she held at the time of her death. Although her frail Danish body failed her, Marie kept her mind active by reading a book a week, doing crossword puzzles daily, writing and editing her autobiography, and searching the internet for humorous or inspirational stories she could share with her fellow residents and staff at Edgewood Vista.
Marie is survived by three of her four children: Judy (Bruce) Schwan and Karen (Bob) Zimmerman of Minot, Byron (Evie) Johner of Michigan, ND; brother Gaylord (Vanona) Christiansen; Granddaughters Cassandra (Joe) Stangler,
Holly (Kyle) Fraccaro, Jill (Scott) Kielty, Teri and Lori Johner, Katina (Dan) Merck, Kris (Ken) Shean, and Heather (Gary) Lindstrom; Grandsons Bryan (Michelle) Schwan and Jacob Schwan. Her sixteen great-grandchildren are Jordan, Joelle, Judson & Jaxon Stangler; Brenna, Ryan and Erin Kielty;
Taylor Schwan; Caden and Ellison Shean; Keaton, Mason, Logan and Carson Merck; Jace Bergo and Madeline Schwan. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Mildred Johner and well as nieces, nephews and cousins.
Marie was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Gordon and Donald Christiansen, an infant sister Lucille, her husband, Peter and her son, Harlan Johner.
Mass of Christian Burial: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Towner, North Dakota with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Father John Aerts, Celebrant.
Friends may call: 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Monday, October 16, 2006 at The Anderson Funeral Home in Towner. Visitation will continue for one hour prior to service time at the church on Tuesday.
Rosary and Vigil Prayer Service: beginning at 7:00 p.m. Monday evening at the church in Towner.
Liturgical Music by: St. Cecilia’s Music Ministry
Honorary Bearers: The Darners Club and Homemakers Club
Casket Bearers: Joe Stangler, Dan Ness, Rod Wilson, Kyle Fraccaro, Scott Kielty, Tom Miller, Bryan Schwan, Jacob Schwan, and Jordan Stangler.
Memorials to St. Cecilia’s Catholic Cemetery
Fund
Arrangements with The Anderson Funeral Home of Towner.
Chester Hulberg
July 31, 1915-Oct. 13, 2006
Chester Hulberg, 91, of Rural Tioga, North Dakota, passed away Friday, October 13, 2006 at the Tioga Long Term Care Facility.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at the Norman Lutheran Church northeast of Tioga. Pastoral Assistant James Hamann will officiate and interment will follow at the Norman Church Cemetery.
Chester Hulberg was born July 31, 1915 to Andrew and Anna (Olson) Hulberg at Bicker Township, Mountrail County, North Dakota. He graduated from Tioga High School in 1936.
Chester worked on threshing crews in eastern North Dakota and in Benson, MN, during the 1930s. During World War II he worked in the shipyards in Seattle.
He and his brother Math farmed the Hulberg homestead farm. In November 1970, he married
Gladys Harstad Bleken. They made their home on the Hulberg farm and in Williston. Gladys died in May 1991. Chester continued to live on the farm until the fall of 2004 when he entered the Tioga Medical Center.
Chester was extremely proud of his Norwegian heritage. He and Gladys traveled to Norway in 1973 and again in 1975 to visit the Hulberg farm. He lovingly cared for his parents, brothers, and sisters when they became ill or needed assistance. He enjoyed people and was the first person to treat pie and coffee in a local cafe.
He was a lifetime member of the Norman Lutheran Church of rural Tioga.
Preceding him in death were his parents; his brothers Math and Arnold; sisters Clara and Ida Lovdahl, McGregor; his stepson Glen Bleken, Grand Forks, and his great nephew Michael Lovdahl, McGregor.
Chester is survived by his nephew Bruce (Glenda) Lovdahl, Tioga; his niece Ila Lovdahl (Robert Soderstrom), Minot; great nephew Brian Lovdahl, Tioga; great-niece Annette (Rick) Haakenson, Williston; and great-great-niece Hannah Marie Haakenson, Williston. He is also survived by Gladys’ daughter Carol (Paul) Scheufler, David, Eric, and Caren, Georgia; Gladys’ daughter-in-law Beverly Bleken, Grand Forks, and stepgrandson Kris Bleken, Oak Dale, MN.
Friends may call at the Fulkerson Funeral Home in Tioga on Monday, October 16, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon, and one hour prior to services at the church.
Sadie Wallen
Nov. 2, 1911-Oct. 8, 2006
Sadie Wallen, 94, Minot, formerly of Glenburn, died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006, in a Minot nursing home.
Sadie Isabelle (Stowe) Wallen was born Nov. 2, 1911, to John and Lucy (Stockwell) Stowe on the family farm four miles west of Glenburn. In the mid-’20s the family moved to Glenburn so the children could attend school.
In 1931, she graduated from Glenburn High School and went on to attend college in Hartford, Mich., graduating as a registered nurse. In the early ’40s, Sadie traveled cross-country with a college girlfriend, camping by the roadside and visiting many national sites.
Sadie married
Walter Wallen in 1951. A daughter, Julie Ann, was born in 1952, and a son, John Walter, in 1954. They lived in San Diego, Denver and Spokane, Wash., before returning home to Glenburn to raise their family.
Sadie and Walter spent their winters in Arizona and summers in Glenburn visiting their children and grandchildren. Her family enjoyed listening to stories of her life in the early days around Glenburn. She enjoyed cooking for family and friends and time spent with fellow members at the Senior Center in Glenburn. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Glenburn. Interested in a variety of hobbies, Sadie enjoyed fishing, gardening, playing cards, riding horse and painting.
Walter passed away on Sept. 7, 1986.
Surviving family includes her sister, Bernadine (Bob) Barnett, Anchorage, Alaska; daughter, Julie (Bob) Fonner, Phoenix, Ariz.; son, John (Cheryl) Wallen, Minot; grandchildren, Scott (Adrienne) Fonner, Jen (Jon) Lovejoy, Stacey (Vincent) Schuyler and Eric Wallen; great-grandchildren, Mikaela, Blake, Liam and Shea Fonner and Abigail and Olivia Schuyler; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Sadie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter; and brother, Clifford Stowe.
Funeral: Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Glenburn.
Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot.
Visitation: Today from 4 to 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.
Memorials are preferred to Glenburn Area Dollars for Scholars or the North Dakota Nurses Association.
