Yvonne
Loeffler-Royrvik, 72
Beulah,
N.D. - Yvonne L. Loeffler-Royrvik, 72, formerly
of Thief River Falls, died on Friday, August 1,
2003 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck,
N.D.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on
Thursday, August 7 at Johnson-Green Funeral Home in
Thief River Falls.
Yvonne
was born in Twin Valley, the daughter of Edmund and
Helen (Leines) Thoreson. She grew up and attended
school in Twin Valley.
On
October 8, 1949 she was united in marriage to
Bernard Loeffler in Thief River Falls. The couple
made their home in Pembina, N.D., where Bernard
worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad. After he
died in 1972, Yvonne moved to Fargo, N.D., where
she worked as an adminstrative assistant for the
Alfalfa Pelleting Company. She met and married
Andreas Royrvik on June 20, 1981 in Cavalier, N.D.
In 1988, the couple moved to Lavik, Norway, where
they resided until February 2002. They moved to
Beulah, N.D., to be closer to their family.
Yvonne
loved music and played the piano. She enjoyed
sewing, reading, painting, crossword puzzles and
spending time with her family and cats. Over the
years, she spent much of her time volunteering for
a variety of charitable organizations.
Survivors
include her husband, Andreas; eight children, Renee
(Ben) Thomas of Hazen, N.D., Bernard Paul Jr. (Lee)
of Albuquerque, N.M., Richard (Barbara) of Portage,
Ind., Jeffrey (Jennie) of Colorado Springs, Colo.,
Joey of Pembina, N.D., Cheryl (Jan) Ypma of British
Columbia, Canada, Jill (Bill) Thomas of Beulah,
N.D., and Trina (Jim) Vian of Groton, Mass.; 15
grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two
brothers, Gene and Loren Thoreson; and many nieces
and nephews.
Yvonne
was preceded in death by her parents; her first
husband, Bernard; and her sister,
Pauline.
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