Ethel
Bjerk, 85
Roseau
- Ethel Bjerk, 85, died on Thursday, February
20, 2003 at the Greenbush Nursing Home in
Greenbush.
Private
family graveside servic 
es
were held on Saturday, February 22 in the Holt
Cemetery in Holt, with the Rev. Roy Johnson
officiating.
Ethel
Frances King was born on January 29, 1918, the
daughter of George E. and Clara (Wegge) King in
Fargo, N.D. She was baptized and confirmed in the
Christian faith. Her father died before she was a
year old and the family moved to Holt, where she
grew up and attended school. She moved to Roseau
County in 1939.
Ethel
was an accomplished seamstress and worked for
Arctic Enterprises in Thief River Falls and for
Northern Upholstery in Roseau. She lived in Warren
for 14 years, where she was a caregiver for four
years before she moved to the North Star Apartments
in Roseau in 1991. She had been a resident of the
Greenbush Nursing Home for the past
year.
Survivors
include two sons, LaVern (Della) Bjerk of Bend,
Ore. and Curtis (Jeanine) of Roseau; two daughters,
LaVonne (Quentin) Johnson of Badger and Nadine
(Dave) Koebernick of Roseau; 12 grandchildren; and
22 great-grandchildren.
Ethel
was preceded in death by her parents, one brother
and one sister. A00003B2003FB26
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