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Bonnie
Cwikla, 45
Grygla
- Bonnie Cwikla, 45, died Sunday, October 21,
2001 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo,
N.D.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,
October 
25,
at Grace Lutheran Church in Grygla with Rev. Paul
Knutson officiating. Kim Cleven will be the
organist, and special music will be presented by Al
Walseth, Jody Kirkheide and Stephanie Olson. Bonnie
Bengtston will be the guest speaker. Casketbearers
will be Brian Stanley, Todd Stanley, Jim Carriere,
Wes Sandsmark, Wayne Thomas and Ron Kotrba.
Honorary casketbearers will include family members,
friends and Bonnie's cancer support team. Interment
will be in St. Olaf Cemetery in Valley Township of
Marshall County.
Visitation
will be held today (Wednesday, October 24) from 4
to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Green
Funeral Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will
also be held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
Bonnie
Rae Sistad was born on June 2, 1956 at Roseau, the
daughter of Stewart and Lottie (Leskiw) Sistad. She
was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church
in Grygla and graduated from Newfolden High School
in 1974.
On
September 28, 1974, Bonnie was united in marriage
to Robert "Bob" Cwikla at Grygla. The couple lived
in Newfolden for a year and then Grygla until
moving to the farm in 1988 where they had since
resided. Bonnie worked at various jobs with places
of employment including the Grygla Cafe, Thief
River Golf Club, Arctic Cat, American State Bank,
Grygla School, Pine to Prairie, Grygla Hartz Store,
Grygla Forestry and May Corp. At the time of her
death, she was employed as an Avon representative,
was the Veldt Township clerk and did daycare in her
home.
Bonnie
was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and its
Ladies Aid.
She
enjoyed playing piano, baking, cooking, flower
gardening, going to rummage sales, going for rides
in the country, decorating her home for the
holidays, collecting angels and taking care of
children, her family, friends and pets.
Bonnie
is survived by her husband, Bob; two sons, Ryan
(special friend Darcie) of Salol and Adam of
Grygla; foreign exchange children, Daniel Pardo and
Ricky Valero, both of Argentina; two grandchildren;
her mother, Lottie Sistad; two sisters, Connie
(Rick) Beito of Middle River and Susan (Rick) Olson
of Grygla; and many nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by an infant daughter, her
father and grandparents. A00003B2001OC24
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