Petra
Chalmers, 94
Thief
River Falls - Petra "Pete" Chalmers, 94, died
Monday, July 16, 2001 at the CN & C Unit at
Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, July 20, at
Lakota Lutheran Church in Lakota, N.D. with Rev.
Roger Johnson officiating. Karen Fowler was the
organist, and special music was provided by the
Lakota Church Choir. Casketbearers were Bill
Monson, Bob Leach, Rick Hill, Milton Wagness, Gary
McLean and Roger Chalmers. Interment was in Lakota
Cemetery with Aaker Funeral Home of Lakota in
charge of the arrangements.
Petra
Holt was born on September 30, 1906 in Tofte
township of Pierce county near Rugby, N.D. She was
raised and educated in York, N.D., graduating from
York High School in 1924. Following graduation,
Pete worked in cook cars, a restaurant and Rugby
Hospital.
On
October 6, 1929, she married Howard B. Chalmers at
Leeds, N.D. The couple lived in various communities
before settling in Lakota where they lived for many
years. After Howard's death on September 22, 1984,
Petra continued to reside in Lakota. In 1997, she
moved to Thief River Falls to be near her
family.
She
was active at Lakota Lutheran Church, teaching
Sunday school, participating in Ladies Aid and
singing in the choir for many years.
Pete
is survived by a son, Ronald (Katherine) Chalmers
of Thief River Falls, and two sisters, Ingrid
Timboe of San Diego, Calif. and Julie "Babe"
Johnson of Seattle, Wash.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; husband; an
infant son; three sisters, Christine Gulbranson,
Ellen Blessum and Ann Hill; and a brother, Einar
Holt. A00003B2001JL25
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