Jennie
Wickstrom, 86
Roseau
- Jennie A. Wickstrom, 86, died Tuesday, July
9, 2002 at Bend, Ore., while on vacation.
Funeral
services were held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, July 22,
at Oiland Lutheran Church, rural Greenbush with
Rev. LeRoy Flickinger and Rev. Larry Severson
officiating. Phyllis Ellenson was the organist and
Sara Ellenson was vocalist. Casketbearers were Jim
Jenson, Glenn Iverson, Don Thompson, David
Thompson, Charles Thompson and Don Blazek. Honorary
casketbearers were Orvel Olson and Clifford Holm.
Interment was in Oiland Lutheran Cemetery with
Gieseke Funeral Chapel of Greenbush in charge of
the arrangements.
Jennie
A. Wickstrom was born of December 23, 1915 in Soler
Township, rural Greenbush, the daughter of Charles
T. and Carrie (Graff) Thompson. She grew up and
attended school in Soler Township.
On
October 23, 1933, she married George William
Wickstrom in Roseau. They farmed near Badger until
moving to Roseau in 1943. While living in Roseau,
Jennie worked for Sjoberg's Department Store, The
Evergreen Motel, and worked alongside her husband
at Culligan Soft Water. They also built several
homes in the area. George Wickstrom died on July
18, 2000.
Jennie
enjoyed painting and decorating. In her later
years, she made and sold lefse to the community.
Survivors
include two daughters, Georjean (Gary) Johnson of
Wadena and Janice (Bruce) Johsnon of Orange,
Calif.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren;
one brother, Delford (Margaret) Thompson of Yakima,
Wash.; three sisters, Thelma Jenson and Lizzie
Kjersten, both of Greenbush and Hilda Blazek of
Badger.
Preceding
Jennie in death were her parents; husband; two
brothers, Cambell and Belmer Thompson; and two
sisters, Alpha Jenson and Belle Holm.
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