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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271813
Title: Deanna M. Sorenson
Date: 3/31/1939-6/12/2020
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/31/1939
Summary: Deanna Sorenson, 81, of Williston, ND, passed away at the Bethel Lutheran Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Williston on June 12, 2020. She was surrounded by her husband of 58 years, Jerry and her children Rick, Kari and Cindy. Her Funeral Service was held on June 16, 2020, at First Lutheran Church in Williston. =Rev. Jeanne Madsen officiated. Interment was in Bethany Cemetery in Appam, ND. Deanna Mavis Knudsvig was born in Wildrose, ND on March 31, 1939, to Peder and Esther (Myhre) Knudsvig. She attended Wildrose High School, graduating in 1957. That year she was crowned Queen of the 1957 District Boys Basketball Tournament held in Williston, ND. After graduation she moved to Williston and obtained employment at American State Bank. One evening while attending a dance in Hanks, ND she met her partner in life, Gerald (Jerry) Sorenson. They were united in marriage on October 14, 1961. Soon after, their family was started with the arrival of their son Rickie, followed by daughters Kari and Cindy. Deanna spent her life as a wife, mother, and homemaker. Over the years she participated as a den mother for Cub Scouts and was active in Ladies Aide through church and Homemakers Club. She also worked as a teacher’s aide in Alamo, ND where her children attended school at the time. She devoted all her energy to her family, taking great pride in having a neat and tidy home, being a remarkable cook and baker, and loved to reminisce about the “good old days.” She enjoyed listening to her favorite country music and being a grandma to her six grandchildren. It was a rare occasion for them not to see her and Jerry sitting in the stands or audience at their many sporting events and important school activities. Over the years Jerry and Deanna had made homes in the communities of Scobey, MT, Williston, ND, Alamo, ND, Grenora, ND and finally returning to Williston in 2003 to spend their retirement. For the last three years Deanna had been a resident at the Bethel Home due to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Deanna will be greatly missed by her family, but her legacy will live on through her two namesakes, granddaughter Kaitlyn Deanna (Cindy’s) and Rick’s granddaughter Lola Dee (Tyler’s). She is survived by her husband, Jerry, of Williston; son, Rick (Sharon), Williston; daughters, Kari, Lone Tree, CO and Cindy (Lloyd) Halvorson, Devils Lake, ND. Grandchildren, Nevin (Kayla) Sorenson, Williston, Tyler (Kass) Sorenson, Alamo, ND, Trever Sorenson, Williston, Spencer Halvorson, Grand Forks, ND, Kaitlyn Halvorson, Fargo, ND and Devyn Halvorson, Devils Lake, ND. Six great-grandchildren, Grady and Ryleigh Sorenson, Williston and Huntley, Emery Lou, Soren and Lola Dee Sorenson, Alamo, ND. She is also survived by her sister Janet Hanson (and her friend Paul), Norfolk, NE, her twin brother Dean (Lois) Knudsvig, Wildrose, ND; and sisters-in law Shirley Ledahl, Williston, ND, Marie Sorenson, Crosby, ND, Beulah Sorenson, Burien, WA, and Carolyn Sorenson, Phoenix, AZ and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her in-laws Soren and Mildred Sorenson.
Red ID: FND_I_79308 Image ID: 537973 Image Notes: FND001 271813

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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