Helen
Kvernevig, 78
Thief
River Falls - Helen M. Kvernevig, 78, died on
Monday, May 26, 2003 at the Fair Meadow Nursing
Home in Fertile.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, May 30 at Zion
Lutheran Church in Thief River Falls with the Rev.
Gary Johnson officiating. Ida Nordvall was the
organist and Laura Ruud was the soloist.
Casketbearers were John Sherack, Millie Reierson,
Bob Cardinal, Anita Cardinal, Holly Steinhauer and
Al Steinhauer. Interment was in Greenwood
Cemetery.
Helen
Evenson was born in Fargo, N.D., on January 20,
1925, the daughter of Harvey and Amandia (Vartdal)
Evenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Faith
Lutheran Church. She attended school in Wolverton,
graduating from Wolverton High School in 1943.
Following high school, Helen moved to Minneapolis
and worked as a ticket agent at the Soo Line
Railroad for a year. She then moved to Fargo,
attended and graduated as a beautician from the New
York School of Hair Design and worked at
Koppelman's Beauty Shop in Fargo for several years.
She also attended and graduated from the Lutheran
Bible Institute in Minneapolis. For a short time,
she also worked at Oakland Park Nursing Home in
Thief River Falls.
Helen
loved to read, bake, go for walks and spend time at
the lake with her father and aunt, Ella. Helen
loved painting crafts and spending time with her
family and friends, especially with her
granddaughter, Danielle. Helen liked to go cruising
around Thief River Falls, when she wasn't able to
walk very far any more. She taught Sunday School
and Bible School for years at Zion Lutheran Church.
She was a member of the PTA, volunteered at the
Umbrella Tree and the VIP in Thief River Falls and
spoke once on a panel for VIP.
Survivors
include a daughter, Kathy Davis of Thief River
Falls; one son, Mark Kvernevig of Crookston; a
granddaughter; two brothers, Richard (Marty)
Evenson of Bemidji, and Walter (Joyce) Evenson of
Columbia, Mo.; one sister, Alice Evenson of
Minneapolis; and several nieces and
nephews.
Helen was
preceded in death by her parents; one brother, the
Rev. Robert Evenson; and a son-in-law, Wade Davis.
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