Elizabeth
"Bunny" Howick, 83
Thief
River Falls - Elizabeth "Bunny" Gertrude
Howick, 83, died on Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at
St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings,
Mont.
A
memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday,
May 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Thief River
Falls with the Rev. Tim Bauer officiating. Honorary
casketbearers will be grandchildren, Tamra Howick,
Andrea Howick, Angela Howick, Greg Howick, Zachary
Howick, Keith Blix, Eric Blix and Michael Blix.
Interment will be in Park Ridge Cemetery in Norden
Township of Pennington County.
Elizabeth
Gertrude Dahlen was born on February 9, 1920, the
daughter of Henry and Melinda Lydia (Elvesyter)
Dahlen, in Thief River Falls. She was baptized and
confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. She attended
Knox Elementary School and graduate from Lincoln
High School in 1937. She then attended Concordia
College in Moorhead for two years and the
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for one
year. As a young woman, she worked at First Federal
Savings and Loan for several years. During the
1960s, she worked at the local credit bureau, at
Lincoln High School and retired from the State of
Minnesota Vocational Rehab in the mid 1980s.
On
November 23, 1944, she was united in marriage to
Lloyd Howick at Trinity Lutheran Church. The couple
made their home on the family farm in Norden
Township and spent their entire married lives
there.
Bunny was
an active, lifelong member of Trinity Lutheran
Church, where she belonged to a number of women's
groups, taught Sunday School and served in various
leadership roles. She also served as a 4-H leader
and belonged to the Good Cheer Club for many years.
She had a number of other interests including
gardening, knitting, crocheting, baking, fishing,
reading and spending time with her family.
Survivors
include two sons, Bruce (Claudette) of Billings,
Mont., and Fred of Thief River Falls; a daughter,
Sara (Jim) Blix of Thief River Falls; eight
grandchildren; and one brother, Chester Dahlen of
San Antonio, Texas.
Elizabeth
was preceded in death by her husband, her parents,
four sisters, and two brothers.
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