Norma
Gertner, 85
Crookston
- Norma Gerstner, 85, formerly of Mentor, died
Friday, December 28, 2001 at Villa St. Vincent
Nursing Home in Crookston.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday,
January 4, at Stennes Funeral Home Chapel in East
Grand Forks. Burial will be in the spring in Hoff
Cemetery in Lankin, N.D.
Norma
Bjornstad was born on March 8, 1916 in Vesta, N.D.,
the daughter of Carl and Sena Bjornstad. She grew
up and attended school in the Vesta and Lankin,
N.D. areas.
In
1932, Norma married Clarence Gerstner in Crookston.
The couple moved to Minneapolis. In 1946, they
moved to Grand Forks, N.D., and Norma worked at
Mahalds Hardware in East Grand Forks and Sweet
Clover Dairy and Hugo's Bakery in Grand Forks.
Following retirement, they moved to Mentor.
Clarence died on February 5, 1994.
Norma
is survived by three sons, Ronald (Betty Lou) of
Grand Forks, Norman of Mentor and Larry (Cheryl) of
Vero Beach, Fla., nine grandchildren; 17
great-grandchildren; three great
great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Margaret
Trenda of Grand Forks and Solvig Bina of Tolna,
N.D.
She
was preceded in death by her parents, husband and a
great-granddaughter, Tiffany.
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