Joanne
Smith, 50
San
Quentin Village, Calif. - Joanne (Ostgarden)
Smith, 50, of San Quentin Village, Calif., formerly
of Fosston, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at her
home.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, July 22 at Kingo
Lutheran Church in Fosston with Rev. John Dalen
officiating. Casketbearers were Larry Lenes, Glenn
Holweger, Aaron Lenes, Bob Evje, Ryan Holweger and
Justin Holweger. Honorary casketbearers were all of
Joanne's family and friends. Interment was in Kingo
Lutheran Cemetery.
Joanne
Lynn Ostgarden was born on June 8, 1952 in Fosston,
the daughter of Clarence and Lois (Juvrud)
Ostgarden. She was baptized and confirmed at Kingo
Lutheran Church. Following her graduation from
Fosston High School in 1970, she began working in
Grand Forks, N.D. In 1971 she married Mark Smith
and the couple moved to Long Beach, Calif. She
worked at a variety of jobs in the San Fransisco
area until 1984, when she found employment with the
California Department of corrections in San
Quentin, Calif. Over the last 18 years she served
in a number of different office positions, the last
of which was Staff Services Analyst.
Survivors
include her son, Christopher of California; her
parents of Fosston; one brother, Jeff Ostgarden of
Fosston; two sisters, Gail (Glenn) Holweger of
Grand Forks, N.D., and Carol (Larry) Lenes of
Fosston; one niece; three nephews; and a number of
aunts and cousins.
Joanne
was preceded in death by her
grandparents.
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