Howard Abrahamson, age 87 of Dunseith, died Monday, March 25, 2013 in a Dunseith nursing home.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith.
Burial will be in the spring at Little Prairie Cemetery of rural Dunseith.
Visitation will be Friday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service also at 4:00 P.M. in the Church.
Howard Abrahamson, a son of Martin and Sylvia (Price) Abrahamson, was born on July 13, 1925 on the family farm in the Turtle Mountains north of Dunseith. He attended the Carpenter Country School.
On December 21, 1946 he was married to Maude Nerpel at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Rolla. After their marriage they began farming. In the winter of 1946 he worked at Yakama Valley trimming trees and laying block for a clinic at Soap Lake, WA. Howard returned home and has been farming ever since.
He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and was baptized on September 9, 1940 at Hooker Lake. Howard later became a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. He received the Rolette Conservation Award in 1979. In 1989 Howard received the Outstanding Agriculturalist Award. Howard was an officer on the Rolette County Weed Board for many years. He was a member of the Little Prairie Cemetery Board. Howard loved to hunt, making trips to Colorado to hunt Elk and retired from hunting in 2005. he also loved to fish taking many trips to Canada.
He is survived by his wife Maude of St. John; sons, Darrell Abrahamson and Thomas Abrahamson both of St. John; grandchildren, Jeffery Sinness, John Abrahamson, Justin Abrahamson, Sara Abrahamson, Cory Abrahamson, Tami Abrahamson, and Alex Abrahamson; 6 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Beulah Rush of Rolla.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith.
Burial will be in the spring at Little Prairie Cemetery of rural Dunseith.
Visitation will be Friday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service also at 4:00 P.M. in the Church.
Howard Abrahamson, a son of Martin and Sylvia (Price) Abrahamson, was born on July 13, 1925 on the family farm in the Turtle Mountains north of Dunseith. He attended the Carpenter Country School.
On December 21, 1946 he was married to Maude Nerpel at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Rolla. After their marriage they began farming. In the winter of 1946 he worked at Yakama Valley trimming trees and laying block for a clinic at Soap Lake, WA. Howard returned home and has been farming ever since.
He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and was baptized on September 9, 1940 at Hooker Lake. Howard later became a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. He received the Rolette Conservation Award in 1979. In 1989 Howard received the Outstanding Agriculturalist Award. Howard was an officer on the Rolette County Weed Board for many years. He was a member of the Little Prairie Cemetery Board. Howard loved to hunt, making trips to Colorado to hunt Elk and retired from hunting in 2005. he also loved to fish taking many trips to Canada.
He is survived by his wife Maude of St. John; sons, Darrell Abrahamson and Thomas Abrahamson both of St. John; grandchildren, Jeffery Sinness, John Abrahamson, Justin Abrahamson, Sara Abrahamson, Cory Abrahamson, Tami Abrahamson, and Alex Abrahamson; 6 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Beulah Rush of Rolla.
Howard Abrahamson, age 87 of Dunseith, died Monday, March 25, 2013 in a Dunseith nursing home.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith.
Burial will be in the spring at Little Prairie Cemetery of rural Dunseith.
Visitation will be Friday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service also at 4:00 P.M. in the Church.
Howard Abrahamson, a son of Martin and Sylvia (Price) Abrahamson, was born on July 13, 1925 on the family farm in the Turtle Mountains north of Dunseith. He attended the Carpenter Country School.
On December 21, 1946 he was married to Maude Nerpel at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Rolla. After their marriage they began farming. In the winter of 1946 he worked at Yakama Valley trimming trees and laying block for a clinic at Soap Lake, WA. Howard returned home and has been farming ever since.
He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and was baptized on September 9, 1940 at Hooker Lake. Howard later became a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. He received the Rolette Conservation Award in 1979. In 1989 Howard received the Outstanding Agriculturalist Award. Howard was an officer on the Rolette County Weed Board for many years. He was a member of the Little Prairie Cemetery Board. Howard loved to hunt, making trips to Colorado to hunt Elk and retired from hunting in 2005. he also loved to fish taking many trips to Canada.
He is survived by his wife Maude of St. John; sons, Darrell Abrahamson and Thomas Abrahamson both of St. John; grandchildren, Jeffery Sinness, John Abrahamson, Justin Abrahamson, Sara Abrahamson, Cory Abrahamson, Tami Abrahamson, and Alex Abrahamson; 6 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Beulah Rush of Rolla.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. in the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith.
Burial will be in the spring at Little Prairie Cemetery of rural Dunseith.
Visitation will be Friday beginning at 4:00 P.M. with a prayer service also at 4:00 P.M. in the Church.
Howard Abrahamson, a son of Martin and Sylvia (Price) Abrahamson, was born on July 13, 1925 on the family farm in the Turtle Mountains north of Dunseith. He attended the Carpenter Country School.
On December 21, 1946 he was married to Maude Nerpel at the Presbyterian Parsonage in Rolla. After their marriage they began farming. In the winter of 1946 he worked at Yakama Valley trimming trees and laying block for a clinic at Soap Lake, WA. Howard returned home and has been farming ever since.
He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and was baptized on September 9, 1940 at Hooker Lake. Howard later became a member of the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. He received the Rolette Conservation Award in 1979. In 1989 Howard received the Outstanding Agriculturalist Award. Howard was an officer on the Rolette County Weed Board for many years. He was a member of the Little Prairie Cemetery Board. Howard loved to hunt, making trips to Colorado to hunt Elk and retired from hunting in 2005. he also loved to fish taking many trips to Canada.
He is survived by his wife Maude of St. John; sons, Darrell Abrahamson and Thomas Abrahamson both of St. John; grandchildren, Jeffery Sinness, John Abrahamson, Justin Abrahamson, Sara Abrahamson, Cory Abrahamson, Tami Abrahamson, and Alex Abrahamson; 6 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Beulah Rush of Rolla.
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