Elizabeth Wald, 94, Velva, died Thursday, December 11, 2008 in a Velva nursing home.
Elizabeth Bohn was born October 2, 1914, a daughter of Joseph and Katherine (Fisher) Bohn in Karlsruhe, ND. She was raised and educated in the Karlsruhe and Velva Public Schools. As a young girl, she worked on her family's farm and dairy business.
On January 22, 1935, she was united in marriage to Pius Wald in Karlsruhe, ND. They lived in Norwich and north of Velva until 1943 when they moved to the Bill Robertson farm east of Velva. She and Pius and their children raised grain and ran a dairy business for several years. They moved to Velva in 1967. Pius died March 17, 1991.
Liz loved reading, listening to music, gardening and raising flowers. She bowled for many years and enjoyed game shows, fishing, word find books and scrabble, a game she won most of the time! She was an excellent cook and enjoyed making favorite foods for her children and grandchildren when they came home to visit her home was open to all and her hospitality never faltered. She was a good friend and a woman who shared her wisdom, her love and her faith with grace, dignity and a ready smile. She will be missed for all this and so much more. We were blessed to have her in our lives.
Liz was a member of the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, the church choir, was a Eucharistic minister, St. Cecilia Confraternity of Christian Mothers for 50 years Voltaire Homemakers Club, Velva Senior Citizens and was a volunteer for the Souris Valley Care Center.
Those who shared her life: Children: Ronald (Donna) Wald, Lodgegrass, MT, Pat (Dwight) Smith, Pullman, WA, Joan (Doug) Johnson, Fargo, ND, Bonnie (Duane) Miller, Sandpoint, ID, Mary (Lamont) Leingang, Velva, Deb (Allen) Bachmeier, Velva, and Cindy (Brian) Hardyal, Bayville, NJ; 15 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren: 2 great-great-grandchildren; brothers: Wendlin (Leona) Bohn, MT; sister; Rose Walleze, FL; a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Pius, and a son Alexander, sister: Eva, Jenny, Mary, Agatha, Katherine, Wilma and a brother Joseph.
Visitation: Sunday, December 14, 2008, from 3-5 pm at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Vigil Prayer Service: Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5 pm at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:30 am at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva.
Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva, ND
Memorials preferred to Souris Valley Care Center or Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva
Celebrant of the Liturgies: Father James Gross
Music
Opening hymn "Here I Am Lord"
Offertory "Amazing Grace"
Communion "Be Not Afraid"
Meditation "Ave Maria"
Commendation "Song Of Farewell"
Closing hymn "How Great Thou Art"
Marilyn Anderson, organist ~ Andrea Irmen, Cantor
Honorary Bearers: Her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her many good friends.
Active Bearers: Aaron Leingang, Alexia Leingang, Leah Ericson, Isaac Bachmeier, Leanne Smith, Tate Bachmeier, Nathan Heisler
Elizabeth Bohn was born October 2, 1914, a daughter of Joseph and Katherine (Fisher) Bohn in Karlsruhe, ND. She was raised and educated in the Karlsruhe and Velva Public Schools. As a young girl, she worked on her family's farm and dairy business.
On January 22, 1935, she was united in marriage to Pius Wald in Karlsruhe, ND. They lived in Norwich and north of Velva until 1943 when they moved to the Bill Robertson farm east of Velva. She and Pius and their children raised grain and ran a dairy business for several years. They moved to Velva in 1967. Pius died March 17, 1991.
Liz loved reading, listening to music, gardening and raising flowers. She bowled for many years and enjoyed game shows, fishing, word find books and scrabble, a game she won most of the time! She was an excellent cook and enjoyed making favorite foods for her children and grandchildren when they came home to visit her home was open to all and her hospitality never faltered. She was a good friend and a woman who shared her wisdom, her love and her faith with grace, dignity and a ready smile. She will be missed for all this and so much more. We were blessed to have her in our lives.
Liz was a member of the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, the church choir, was a Eucharistic minister, St. Cecilia Confraternity of Christian Mothers for 50 years Voltaire Homemakers Club, Velva Senior Citizens and was a volunteer for the Souris Valley Care Center.
Those who shared her life: Children: Ronald (Donna) Wald, Lodgegrass, MT, Pat (Dwight) Smith, Pullman, WA, Joan (Doug) Johnson, Fargo, ND, Bonnie (Duane) Miller, Sandpoint, ID, Mary (Lamont) Leingang, Velva, Deb (Allen) Bachmeier, Velva, and Cindy (Brian) Hardyal, Bayville, NJ; 15 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren: 2 great-great-grandchildren; brothers: Wendlin (Leona) Bohn, MT; sister; Rose Walleze, FL; a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Pius, and a son Alexander, sister: Eva, Jenny, Mary, Agatha, Katherine, Wilma and a brother Joseph.
Visitation: Sunday, December 14, 2008, from 3-5 pm at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Vigil Prayer Service: Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5 pm at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:30 am at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva.
Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva, ND
Memorials preferred to Souris Valley Care Center or Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva
Celebrant of the Liturgies: Father James Gross
Music
Opening hymn "Here I Am Lord"
Offertory "Amazing Grace"
Communion "Be Not Afraid"
Meditation "Ave Maria"
Commendation "Song Of Farewell"
Closing hymn "How Great Thou Art"
Marilyn Anderson, organist ~ Andrea Irmen, Cantor
Honorary Bearers: Her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her many good friends.
Active Bearers: Aaron Leingang, Alexia Leingang, Leah Ericson, Isaac Bachmeier, Leanne Smith, Tate Bachmeier, Nathan Heisler
Elizabeth Wald, 94, Velva, died Thursday, December 11, 2008 in a Velva nursing home.
Elizabeth Bohn was born October 2, 1914, a daughter of Joseph and Katherine (Fisher) Bohn in Karlsruhe, ND. She was raised and educated in the Karlsruhe and Velva Public Schools. As a young girl, she worked on her family's farm and dairy business.
On January 22, 1935, she was united in marriage to Pius Wald in Karlsruhe, ND. They lived in Norwich and north of Velva until 1943 when they moved to the Bill Robertson farm east of Velva. She and Pius and their children raised grain and ran a dairy business for several years. They moved to Velva in 1967. Pius died March 17, 1991.
Liz loved reading, listening to music, gardening and raising flowers. She bowled for many years and enjoyed game shows, fishing, word find books and scrabble, a game she won most of the time! She was an excellent cook and enjoyed making favorite foods for her children and grandchildren when they came home to visit her home was open to all and her hospitality never faltered. She was a good friend and a woman who shared her wisdom, her love and her faith with grace, dignity and a ready smile. She will be missed for all this and so much more. We were blessed to have her in our lives.
Liz was a member of the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, the church choir, was a Eucharistic minister, St. Cecilia Confraternity of Christian Mothers for 50 years Voltaire Homemakers Club, Velva Senior Citizens and was a volunteer for the Souris Valley Care Center.
Those who shared her life: Children: Ronald (Donna) Wald, Lodgegrass, MT, Pat (Dwight) Smith, Pullman, WA, Joan (Doug) Johnson, Fargo, ND, Bonnie (Duane) Miller, Sandpoint, ID, Mary (Lamont) Leingang, Velva, Deb (Allen) Bachmeier, Velva, and Cindy (Brian) Hardyal, Bayville, NJ; 15 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren: 2 great-great-grandchildren; brothers: Wendlin (Leona) Bohn, MT; sister; Rose Walleze, FL; a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Pius, and a son Alexander, sister: Eva, Jenny, Mary, Agatha, Katherine, Wilma and a brother Joseph.
Visitation: Sunday, December 14, 2008, from 3-5 pm at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Vigil Prayer Service: Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5 pm at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:30 am at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva.
Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva, ND
Memorials preferred to Souris Valley Care Center or Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva
Celebrant of the Liturgies: Father James Gross
Music
Opening hymn "Here I Am Lord"
Offertory "Amazing Grace"
Communion "Be Not Afraid"
Meditation "Ave Maria"
Commendation "Song Of Farewell"
Closing hymn "How Great Thou Art"
Marilyn Anderson, organist ~ Andrea Irmen, Cantor
Honorary Bearers: Her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her many good friends.
Active Bearers: Aaron Leingang, Alexia Leingang, Leah Ericson, Isaac Bachmeier, Leanne Smith, Tate Bachmeier, Nathan Heisler
Elizabeth Bohn was born October 2, 1914, a daughter of Joseph and Katherine (Fisher) Bohn in Karlsruhe, ND. She was raised and educated in the Karlsruhe and Velva Public Schools. As a young girl, she worked on her family's farm and dairy business.
On January 22, 1935, she was united in marriage to Pius Wald in Karlsruhe, ND. They lived in Norwich and north of Velva until 1943 when they moved to the Bill Robertson farm east of Velva. She and Pius and their children raised grain and ran a dairy business for several years. They moved to Velva in 1967. Pius died March 17, 1991.
Liz loved reading, listening to music, gardening and raising flowers. She bowled for many years and enjoyed game shows, fishing, word find books and scrabble, a game she won most of the time! She was an excellent cook and enjoyed making favorite foods for her children and grandchildren when they came home to visit her home was open to all and her hospitality never faltered. She was a good friend and a woman who shared her wisdom, her love and her faith with grace, dignity and a ready smile. She will be missed for all this and so much more. We were blessed to have her in our lives.
Liz was a member of the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, the church choir, was a Eucharistic minister, St. Cecilia Confraternity of Christian Mothers for 50 years Voltaire Homemakers Club, Velva Senior Citizens and was a volunteer for the Souris Valley Care Center.
Those who shared her life: Children: Ronald (Donna) Wald, Lodgegrass, MT, Pat (Dwight) Smith, Pullman, WA, Joan (Doug) Johnson, Fargo, ND, Bonnie (Duane) Miller, Sandpoint, ID, Mary (Lamont) Leingang, Velva, Deb (Allen) Bachmeier, Velva, and Cindy (Brian) Hardyal, Bayville, NJ; 15 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren: 2 great-great-grandchildren; brothers: Wendlin (Leona) Bohn, MT; sister; Rose Walleze, FL; a number of nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
Elizabeth was preceded in death by her parents, husband Pius, and a son Alexander, sister: Eva, Jenny, Mary, Agatha, Katherine, Wilma and a brother Joseph.
Visitation: Sunday, December 14, 2008, from 3-5 pm at St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Vigil Prayer Service: Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 5 pm at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva
Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 10:30 am at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church, Velva.
Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva, ND
Memorials preferred to Souris Valley Care Center or Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Velva
Celebrant of the Liturgies: Father James Gross
Music
Opening hymn "Here I Am Lord"
Offertory "Amazing Grace"
Communion "Be Not Afraid"
Meditation "Ave Maria"
Commendation "Song Of Farewell"
Closing hymn "How Great Thou Art"
Marilyn Anderson, organist ~ Andrea Irmen, Cantor
Honorary Bearers: Her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her many good friends.
Active Bearers: Aaron Leingang, Alexia Leingang, Leah Ericson, Isaac Bachmeier, Leanne Smith, Tate Bachmeier, Nathan Heisler
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