Helen
Margaret Jurchen, 78
Crookston
- Helen Margaret Jurchen, 78, of Crookston died
peacefully at her home on Friday, February 13,
2004.
A
memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on
Wednesday (today), Feb. 18, at St Paul's Lutheran
Church in Crookston, with the Rev. Bill Reck
officiating.
Helen
was one of 12 children born to the union of Ole and
Stella Bjorgo. She was born on the family farm near
Crookston, on September 15, 1925. She attended
District 181 rural school and was a 1943 graduate
of Central High School.
In
1947 she was united in marriage to Melvin Ranum and
the couple made their home in Crookston. Besides
the busy life of wife, mother to three sons and
homemaker, Helen also was a career woman. She was
employed in the offices of the Polk County Farm
Bureau in Crookston and later in Milbank, S.D.
Crookston continued to be home to the couple. Helen
spent the last fifteen years working for the
Northwest Regional Development Commision in
Minnesota until retiring in February of 1988.
Sadly, Bruno died on February 26, 1996. Helen was a
very active member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
and WELCA and was the heart and soul of lefsa
making at St. Paul's She had also been a longtime
volunteer at the Polk County Museum and a member of
the Polk County Historical Society.
Survivors
include her three sons, Larry (JoAnn) and James
(Leslie), all of Crookston, and William (Beverly)
of Moorhead; a step-son Mark (Trudy) Jurchen of
Pequot Lakes; two step-daughters, Kathy (Paul)
Pinsonneault of Crookston and Karen Jurchen of
Carlsbad, Calif. 15 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren; a brother, Clifford (Lucille)
Bjorgo of Brainerd; two sisters, Eva Falkenreck of
Seattle, Wash. and Dorothy Gregg of Fargo, N.D.; a
sister-in-law, Margaret Bjorgo of Crookston and
several nieces, nephews and other cousins.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson;
five brothers, Henry, Lloyd, Roy, Vernon and
William Bjorgo; and three sisters, Marie Hoiseth,
Ida Ingen and Barbara Bjorgo.
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