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Agnes Westergaard
Williston Daily Herald (ND) - Friday, February 28, 2003
Sept. 20, 1916-Feb. 26, 2003

MINOT, N.D. - Agnes Westergaard, 86, of 4411 38th St. S.E., Minot, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, in a Minot hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 1, at First Baptist Church in Minot. Interment will take place in the spring at Balfour Cemetery.

Agnes Wilde was born Sept. 20, 1916, in rural Drake, the daughter of Richard and Minnie (Hoffman) Wilde. She was reared and educated in the rural Drake area. Her first husband, Bartel Thompson, died after a few years of marriage.

Agnes married Vernon Westergaard on Dec. 4, 1944, in Minot. They lived in Minot for a short time. In 1945, they moved to the family farm, north of Balfour in Lake George Township, McHenry County. Vernon died in 1973, and Agnes continued to live on the farm and assisted with operation of the farm until 1990. Then she moved to Minot, where she lived with her daughter, Janice Strube, until her death.

Agnes had a great love for life. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed crafts, plants and baking. She was very good at all of them. At the age of 85, she won 15 blue ribbons at the North Dakota State Fair for plants, baking and crafts. Her living room contained a variety of unique household plants including a producing pineapple plant and orange and banana trees.

Agnes lived a full and productive life. Her great sense of humor, ability to look for the best in every situation, work ethic and love of people sustained her during many difficult challenges.

She will be remembered as a loving, caring mother and grandmother, a friend to many and someone who was willing to share whatever she had. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.

Agnes was a longtime member of Balfour Lutheran Church and attended First Baptist Church while living in Minot.

Agnes is survived by her daughter, Janice Strube and her husband, Delton, of Minot; her son, Neil Westergaard and his wife, Fern, of Williston; eight grandchildren, Grace and Gabe Strube, Scott Westergaard and his wife, Shantha, and Steve Westergaard and his wife, Lisa, all of Minot, Jenny Olson and her husband, Lance, of Williston, Nicole Roles and her husband, Kevin, of Farmington, Minn., Dean Thompson and his wife, Stacy, of Columbia Falls, Mont., and Shannon Thompson of Houston; nine great-grandchildren, Ben, Sam, Wil and Abby Olson, Tyler and Samantha Thompson, Tyler Westergaard, Cole Thorson and Tara Thompson; and two sisters, Velma Thom of Green Acres, Wash., and Florence Sherlock of rural Balfour.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; a son, Gilbert; and a sister, Lucille Stevens.

Friends may call until 7 p.m. today at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home in Minot.

Agnes married Vernon William Westergaard on 4 Dec 1943 in Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Vernon (son of Mathias Petersen Westergaard and Marie Christine Rumbolz) was born on 30 Apr 1914; died on 19 Dec 1973 in Balfour, McHenry County, North Dakota; was buried in Balfour Cemetery, McHenry County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Neil V Westergaard was born on 19 Dec 1945.