Bebe
Waale, 75
St.
Hilaire - Bebe Waale, 75, died on Sunday,
October 6, 2002 at her home in St. Hilaire.
Memorial
services will be held on Wednesday, October 9
(today) at 1:30 p.m. in the Gregory J. Norman
Funeral Chapel in Grand Forks, N.D. Visitation will
be held for one hour prior to services in the
chapel.
Bebe
Ruth Peterson was born in Heiberg, the daughter of
George and Emily (Norman) Peterson. She grew up in
Twin Valley and attended Heiberg Country, Simonson
and Twin Valley Schools. She was baptized and
confirmed at Twin Valley Zion Lutheran Church. She
was one of nine children.
On
May 28, 1946, she married Hans S. Waale. The couple
moved to Thief River Falls where they raised four
children. Bebe was employed at the Land O' Lakes
Creamery, Rex Café, Inga's Café and
the Best Western Hotel and Café. Later she
was employed as a laborer at Arctic Cat until her
retirement in 1980. Her husband died on August 23,
1998.
Bebe
enjoyed playing various musical instruments,
dancing, fishing, gardening, playing cards, playing
bingo, making quilts and crocheting. She was a
member of the American Legion and the Veterans of
Foreign Wars auxiliaries.
Survivors
include her daughters, Carla (Bill) Barnell of
Seattle, Wash. and Vienna (Bill) Waale-Besch of
Seattle, Wash.; sons, Steve (Linda) of East Grand
Forks and Brian of St. Hilaire; three
grandchildren; sisters, Georgia Rhodes of Los
Angeles, Calif., Mae Peterson of Seattle, Wash.,
Hycinith Cullins of Palm Dale, Calif., Maxine
Gronvold of Halstad and Lavon Gunderson of
Broomfield, Colo.; and a brother, Vernon Peterson
of Seattle, Wash.
Bebe
was preceded in death by her husband, Hans; her
parents; a sister, Hazel Knutson; and a brother,
Alan Peterson. A00003B2002OT09
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