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Genevieve
Homstad, 81
Thief
River Falls - Genevieve Homstad, 81, died on
Friday, January 3, 2003, at the CNC Unit of
Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls. 
Funeral
services were held on Monday, January 6 at Sion
Lutheran Church in Lancaster with Rev. Tim Lundeen
officiating. Diane Rice was the organist and a duet
was sung by Galen Nordin and Faye Whitlock.
Casketbearers were Jacob Homstad, Stacy Stratton,
Chad Satterlund, Kyle Cedergren, Brian Sandahl and
Christopher Hanson. Honorary casketbearers were
Genevieve's grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
step-grandchildren. Interment was in Two River
Lutheran Cemetery in rural Hallock.
Genevieve
Irene Keuhn was born on December 31, 1921, the
daughter of Charles and Bessie (Ellsworth) Keuhn in
Mercer County, near Mill Grove, Mo. She lived in
Modena, Mo., Hamilton, N.D., Pembina, N.D.,
Hallock, Karlstad and Greenbush prior to age 20.
Genevieve graduated from Lake Bronson High School
in 1939 with honors. Following high school, she
attended Normal Teachers Training in Thief River
Falls. She taught in a one-room schoolhouse near
Hazel for a short time. She also worked as a
telephone operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company in Thief River Falls for a few years.
On
July 31, 1946, Genevieve was united in marriage to
Clifford Francis Homstad in South Dakota. The
couple lived in Thief River Falls and International
Falls for a short time after they were married and
settled on the family farm in Hazelton Township of
Kittson County. They farmed for several years.
Genevieve worked at Kittson Memorial Hospital in
Hallock as a nurse assistant until her retirement
in 1987. In 1988, the couple moved to Thief River
Falls.
Genevieve
enjoyed sewing, traveling, reading, crocheting,
quilting and watching the Minnesota Twins. She was
very active in Two River Lutheran
Church.
Survivors
include her husband, Clifford of Thief River Falls;
six children, Deanna (Lester) Hanson of Torrance,
Calif., Marcia Sandahl of Thief River Falls,
Jennifer (Marshall) Vagle of Thief River Falls,
Jeffrey (Annette) Homstad of Hallock, Cynthia (Ken)
Cedergren of Thief River Falls and Kimberley
(Jerry) Stormo of East Grand Forks; 15
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two
step-grandchildren; a brother, Kenneth Keuhn of
Carlton; three sisters, Carol (Harold) Johnson of
Detroit Lakes, Frances (Gilbert) Lange of Richfield
and Lila (Norman) Wink of Hancock; and several
nieces and nephews.
Genevieve
was preceded in death by a son, Milo; her parents;
two sisters, Christine Kenyon and Beatrice
Hutchinson; and a brother, Keith Keuhn.
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