Evelyn
Bolstad, 87
Thief
River Falls -- Evelyn Bolstad, 87, died on
Monday, November 12, 2001 at Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
November 15, 2001 at Green Funeral Home in Thief
River Falls with Rev. Wesley Langass officiating.
Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery in
Crookston.
Visitation
will be held from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 14, 2001 at the Green Funeral Home.
Evelyn
Harriet Heiberg was born on May 3, 1914 at Asbury
Hospital in Minneapolis, the daughter of Erick and
Mary (Hendrickson) Heiberg. She attended school in
Motley where the family moved when Evelyn was three
years old. She was baptized and confirmed in Motley
by a Presbyterian Minister.
When
Evelyn was a young adult she moved with her family
to Crookston, where she worked at Bethesda
Hospital. She was united in marriage to Andy
Shipstead on January 1, 1936 at Crookston. In 1949
he died and she later married Herbert Bolstad on
March 6, 1950 at Crookston. The couple moved to
Duluth two years later where Evelyn worked at St.
Luke's Hospital in laundry and cleaning. In 1966
the couple moved to Thief River Falls. Herbert died
in 1969.
Evelyn
is a member of Abundant Life Free Lutheran Church
in Thief River Falls.
Survivors
include numerous nieces and nephews.
She
is preceded in death by her husbands; parents; five
sisters, Elsie Zeiher, Cora Molley, Helen Heiberg,
Muriel Simpson, and Edith Heiberg; and five
brothers, John Heiberg, Harry Heiberg, Pershing
Heiberg and two others.
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