Funeral services for Ragnhild Groskurth will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 31. David Anderson will officiate at the service at Nathanael Lutheran Church at Dagmar; interment will be in Nathanael Cemetery. Ragnhild, 101, died Wednesday morning at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood.
Ragnhild (Linn) (Jensen) Groskurth of Dagmar, MT passed away in her sleep at 7:03 am on May 25, 2016 at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home with her grandson holding her hand. She was 101 ½ years old.
Ragnhild, known as "Ragna" by many, was born Ragnhild Linn on October 25, 1914 at her family's farm at Dagmar. She was the daughter of Lars and Ane Marie Linn, both from Denmark. She had a brother, Frode, who was 1 1/2 years older than her.
Ragnhild was confirmed at Nathanael Lutheran Church, where she also attended 2 year high school. While a working adult she attended a night school in Minneapolis, earning 3credits towards her third year of high school, including typing. She later graduated from a five month course at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis.
Ragnhild taught Danish School at Nathanael for three summers. Early on she had jobs doing housework in Iowa, Kentucky, California and Minneapolis, usually earning $5 a week. Many times she came home in the summers to help with the farm. After completing night and business school she worked in Minneapolis offices checking mail orders, typing contracts and doing payroll.
In 1940 she was home in Dagmar, where she met Sigvald, "Red", Jensen at Nathanael Lutheran Church. After Sigvald was drafted into the Army for WWII he asked her to marry him. She went to where he was based in Kentucky and they were married there at a Lutheran church on June 7, 1941. She worked for the family of the pastor who married them in Kentucky while Red was stationed there. Eleven months after their wedding, as he was being shipped out to war from the east coast, Ragnhild gave birth to their daughter Barbara in Plentywood. Sigvald was reported MIA the next year in Tunesia, Africa, which was hard on Ragnhild, Sigvald's family and their daughter Barbara.
When Barbara was 6 they returned to Plentywood to be closer to Ragnhild's mother. Ragnhild worked for the Plentywood Herald as a bookkeeper, then Security State Bank as a teller.
Ragnhild went square dancing with a lady coworker and it was there that she met Jorgen Groskurth, who taught her how to square dance. In 1944 they were married at Plentywood Lutheran church. They lived together with Barbara on Jorgen's farm and Ragnhild worked at the bank until 1957, when they moved to the farm full time.
In 1957 they had a baby boy named Richard. By the time Richard was old enough to go to school, Barbara had gone to college. In order for Richard to attend the Upper Missouri Association for Retarded Children private school, Ragnhild and Jorgen moved to Williston, ND. There they purchased and ran a motel they named "The Westerner". After Richard was enrolled in a state school in Glendive they moved to Sidney to be close by. Both were given an award for their volunteer work for the Association for Retarded Children.
In 1980 they returned to Plentywood to retire. They joined the Golden Years Club, Ragnhild also joined the garden club and was able to join the Dagmar Ladies Aid again after being gone for 16 years. In October 1992 her husband of 37 years, Jorgen, had a fall and subsequently passed away at the hospital.
Ragnhild enjoyed traveling into her mid 90's. She was able to go to Denmark, see the farm where her father was born and grew up and met her cousins in 1977. She has traveled to Alaska, Columbia South America, Costa Rica, Norway and the Panama Canal. She and Jorgen traveled by bus and their motor home across the US; visiting California, Canada, Florida, the Grand Canyon, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Niagra Falls, Oregon, Texas and Washington DC. She also traveled with close friends and neighbors on bus tours and a cruise after Jorgen passed.
Ragnhild moved to the Pioneer Manor and was able to continue to travel. She volunteered at the Glenwood Thrift Shop for 20 years. In 2012 she moved to La Casa after a surgery and lived there until May 4th of 2016 when she moved into the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home. In rapidly declining health she spent her final few days and night with her grandson by her side.
She is preceded in death by two infant sisters, Sigrid Erna and Sigrid Agnes Linn, her brother Frode Linn, father Lars Linn, husband Sigvald Jensen, mother Ane Marie Linn, son Richard Groskurth, husband Jorgen Groskurth and daughter Barbara (Jensen) Bonebrake. She is survived by two grandchildren, Gwen (Bonebrake) Andersen of Washington, DC and Steve (Bonebrake) Deerwood of Minneapolis, MN as well as her niece Sheila (Jensen) Herman of California. She was blessed with numerous caring friends, coworkers, co-volunteers and neighbors who enriched her life immeasurably. Her grandson is forever grateful to Kermit and Charlotte Sorensen who have selflessly looked after Ragnhild in Plentywood, with Kermit serving as her Power of Attorney, for the final four years of her life.
Ragnhild (Linn) (Jensen) Groskurth of Dagmar, MT passed away in her sleep at 7:03 am on May 25, 2016 at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home with her grandson holding her hand. She was 101 ½ years old.
Ragnhild, known as "Ragna" by many, was born Ragnhild Linn on October 25, 1914 at her family's farm at Dagmar. She was the daughter of Lars and Ane Marie Linn, both from Denmark. She had a brother, Frode, who was 1 1/2 years older than her.
Ragnhild was confirmed at Nathanael Lutheran Church, where she also attended 2 year high school. While a working adult she attended a night school in Minneapolis, earning 3credits towards her third year of high school, including typing. She later graduated from a five month course at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis.
Ragnhild taught Danish School at Nathanael for three summers. Early on she had jobs doing housework in Iowa, Kentucky, California and Minneapolis, usually earning $5 a week. Many times she came home in the summers to help with the farm. After completing night and business school she worked in Minneapolis offices checking mail orders, typing contracts and doing payroll.
In 1940 she was home in Dagmar, where she met Sigvald, "Red", Jensen at Nathanael Lutheran Church. After Sigvald was drafted into the Army for WWII he asked her to marry him. She went to where he was based in Kentucky and they were married there at a Lutheran church on June 7, 1941. She worked for the family of the pastor who married them in Kentucky while Red was stationed there. Eleven months after their wedding, as he was being shipped out to war from the east coast, Ragnhild gave birth to their daughter Barbara in Plentywood. Sigvald was reported MIA the next year in Tunesia, Africa, which was hard on Ragnhild, Sigvald's family and their daughter Barbara.
When Barbara was 6 they returned to Plentywood to be closer to Ragnhild's mother. Ragnhild worked for the Plentywood Herald as a bookkeeper, then Security State Bank as a teller.
Ragnhild went square dancing with a lady coworker and it was there that she met Jorgen Groskurth, who taught her how to square dance. In 1944 they were married at Plentywood Lutheran church. They lived together with Barbara on Jorgen's farm and Ragnhild worked at the bank until 1957, when they moved to the farm full time.
In 1957 they had a baby boy named Richard. By the time Richard was old enough to go to school, Barbara had gone to college. In order for Richard to attend the Upper Missouri Association for Retarded Children private school, Ragnhild and Jorgen moved to Williston, ND. There they purchased and ran a motel they named "The Westerner". After Richard was enrolled in a state school in Glendive they moved to Sidney to be close by. Both were given an award for their volunteer work for the Association for Retarded Children.
In 1980 they returned to Plentywood to retire. They joined the Golden Years Club, Ragnhild also joined the garden club and was able to join the Dagmar Ladies Aid again after being gone for 16 years. In October 1992 her husband of 37 years, Jorgen, had a fall and subsequently passed away at the hospital.
Ragnhild enjoyed traveling into her mid 90's. She was able to go to Denmark, see the farm where her father was born and grew up and met her cousins in 1977. She has traveled to Alaska, Columbia South America, Costa Rica, Norway and the Panama Canal. She and Jorgen traveled by bus and their motor home across the US; visiting California, Canada, Florida, the Grand Canyon, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Niagra Falls, Oregon, Texas and Washington DC. She also traveled with close friends and neighbors on bus tours and a cruise after Jorgen passed.
Ragnhild moved to the Pioneer Manor and was able to continue to travel. She volunteered at the Glenwood Thrift Shop for 20 years. In 2012 she moved to La Casa after a surgery and lived there until May 4th of 2016 when she moved into the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home. In rapidly declining health she spent her final few days and night with her grandson by her side.
She is preceded in death by two infant sisters, Sigrid Erna and Sigrid Agnes Linn, her brother Frode Linn, father Lars Linn, husband Sigvald Jensen, mother Ane Marie Linn, son Richard Groskurth, husband Jorgen Groskurth and daughter Barbara (Jensen) Bonebrake. She is survived by two grandchildren, Gwen (Bonebrake) Andersen of Washington, DC and Steve (Bonebrake) Deerwood of Minneapolis, MN as well as her niece Sheila (Jensen) Herman of California. She was blessed with numerous caring friends, coworkers, co-volunteers and neighbors who enriched her life immeasurably. Her grandson is forever grateful to Kermit and Charlotte Sorensen who have selflessly looked after Ragnhild in Plentywood, with Kermit serving as her Power of Attorney, for the final four years of her life.
Funeral services for Ragnhild Groskurth will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, May 31. David Anderson will officiate at the service at Nathanael Lutheran Church at Dagmar; interment will be in Nathanael Cemetery. Ragnhild, 101, died Wednesday morning at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home in Plentywood.
Ragnhild (Linn) (Jensen) Groskurth of Dagmar, MT passed away in her sleep at 7:03 am on May 25, 2016 at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home with her grandson holding her hand. She was 101 ½ years old.
Ragnhild, known as "Ragna" by many, was born Ragnhild Linn on October 25, 1914 at her family's farm at Dagmar. She was the daughter of Lars and Ane Marie Linn, both from Denmark. She had a brother, Frode, who was 1 1/2 years older than her.
Ragnhild was confirmed at Nathanael Lutheran Church, where she also attended 2 year high school. While a working adult she attended a night school in Minneapolis, earning 3credits towards her third year of high school, including typing. She later graduated from a five month course at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis.
Ragnhild taught Danish School at Nathanael for three summers. Early on she had jobs doing housework in Iowa, Kentucky, California and Minneapolis, usually earning $5 a week. Many times she came home in the summers to help with the farm. After completing night and business school she worked in Minneapolis offices checking mail orders, typing contracts and doing payroll.
In 1940 she was home in Dagmar, where she met Sigvald, "Red", Jensen at Nathanael Lutheran Church. After Sigvald was drafted into the Army for WWII he asked her to marry him. She went to where he was based in Kentucky and they were married there at a Lutheran church on June 7, 1941. She worked for the family of the pastor who married them in Kentucky while Red was stationed there. Eleven months after their wedding, as he was being shipped out to war from the east coast, Ragnhild gave birth to their daughter Barbara in Plentywood. Sigvald was reported MIA the next year in Tunesia, Africa, which was hard on Ragnhild, Sigvald's family and their daughter Barbara.
When Barbara was 6 they returned to Plentywood to be closer to Ragnhild's mother. Ragnhild worked for the Plentywood Herald as a bookkeeper, then Security State Bank as a teller.
Ragnhild went square dancing with a lady coworker and it was there that she met Jorgen Groskurth, who taught her how to square dance. In 1944 they were married at Plentywood Lutheran church. They lived together with Barbara on Jorgen's farm and Ragnhild worked at the bank until 1957, when they moved to the farm full time.
In 1957 they had a baby boy named Richard. By the time Richard was old enough to go to school, Barbara had gone to college. In order for Richard to attend the Upper Missouri Association for Retarded Children private school, Ragnhild and Jorgen moved to Williston, ND. There they purchased and ran a motel they named "The Westerner". After Richard was enrolled in a state school in Glendive they moved to Sidney to be close by. Both were given an award for their volunteer work for the Association for Retarded Children.
In 1980 they returned to Plentywood to retire. They joined the Golden Years Club, Ragnhild also joined the garden club and was able to join the Dagmar Ladies Aid again after being gone for 16 years. In October 1992 her husband of 37 years, Jorgen, had a fall and subsequently passed away at the hospital.
Ragnhild enjoyed traveling into her mid 90's. She was able to go to Denmark, see the farm where her father was born and grew up and met her cousins in 1977. She has traveled to Alaska, Columbia South America, Costa Rica, Norway and the Panama Canal. She and Jorgen traveled by bus and their motor home across the US; visiting California, Canada, Florida, the Grand Canyon, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Niagra Falls, Oregon, Texas and Washington DC. She also traveled with close friends and neighbors on bus tours and a cruise after Jorgen passed.
Ragnhild moved to the Pioneer Manor and was able to continue to travel. She volunteered at the Glenwood Thrift Shop for 20 years. In 2012 she moved to La Casa after a surgery and lived there until May 4th of 2016 when she moved into the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home. In rapidly declining health she spent her final few days and night with her grandson by her side.
She is preceded in death by two infant sisters, Sigrid Erna and Sigrid Agnes Linn, her brother Frode Linn, father Lars Linn, husband Sigvald Jensen, mother Ane Marie Linn, son Richard Groskurth, husband Jorgen Groskurth and daughter Barbara (Jensen) Bonebrake. She is survived by two grandchildren, Gwen (Bonebrake) Andersen of Washington, DC and Steve (Bonebrake) Deerwood of Minneapolis, MN as well as her niece Sheila (Jensen) Herman of California. She was blessed with numerous caring friends, coworkers, co-volunteers and neighbors who enriched her life immeasurably. Her grandson is forever grateful to Kermit and Charlotte Sorensen who have selflessly looked after Ragnhild in Plentywood, with Kermit serving as her Power of Attorney, for the final four years of her life.
Ragnhild (Linn) (Jensen) Groskurth of Dagmar, MT passed away in her sleep at 7:03 am on May 25, 2016 at Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home with her grandson holding her hand. She was 101 ½ years old.
Ragnhild, known as "Ragna" by many, was born Ragnhild Linn on October 25, 1914 at her family's farm at Dagmar. She was the daughter of Lars and Ane Marie Linn, both from Denmark. She had a brother, Frode, who was 1 1/2 years older than her.
Ragnhild was confirmed at Nathanael Lutheran Church, where she also attended 2 year high school. While a working adult she attended a night school in Minneapolis, earning 3credits towards her third year of high school, including typing. She later graduated from a five month course at the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis.
Ragnhild taught Danish School at Nathanael for three summers. Early on she had jobs doing housework in Iowa, Kentucky, California and Minneapolis, usually earning $5 a week. Many times she came home in the summers to help with the farm. After completing night and business school she worked in Minneapolis offices checking mail orders, typing contracts and doing payroll.
In 1940 she was home in Dagmar, where she met Sigvald, "Red", Jensen at Nathanael Lutheran Church. After Sigvald was drafted into the Army for WWII he asked her to marry him. She went to where he was based in Kentucky and they were married there at a Lutheran church on June 7, 1941. She worked for the family of the pastor who married them in Kentucky while Red was stationed there. Eleven months after their wedding, as he was being shipped out to war from the east coast, Ragnhild gave birth to their daughter Barbara in Plentywood. Sigvald was reported MIA the next year in Tunesia, Africa, which was hard on Ragnhild, Sigvald's family and their daughter Barbara.
When Barbara was 6 they returned to Plentywood to be closer to Ragnhild's mother. Ragnhild worked for the Plentywood Herald as a bookkeeper, then Security State Bank as a teller.
Ragnhild went square dancing with a lady coworker and it was there that she met Jorgen Groskurth, who taught her how to square dance. In 1944 they were married at Plentywood Lutheran church. They lived together with Barbara on Jorgen's farm and Ragnhild worked at the bank until 1957, when they moved to the farm full time.
In 1957 they had a baby boy named Richard. By the time Richard was old enough to go to school, Barbara had gone to college. In order for Richard to attend the Upper Missouri Association for Retarded Children private school, Ragnhild and Jorgen moved to Williston, ND. There they purchased and ran a motel they named "The Westerner". After Richard was enrolled in a state school in Glendive they moved to Sidney to be close by. Both were given an award for their volunteer work for the Association for Retarded Children.
In 1980 they returned to Plentywood to retire. They joined the Golden Years Club, Ragnhild also joined the garden club and was able to join the Dagmar Ladies Aid again after being gone for 16 years. In October 1992 her husband of 37 years, Jorgen, had a fall and subsequently passed away at the hospital.
Ragnhild enjoyed traveling into her mid 90's. She was able to go to Denmark, see the farm where her father was born and grew up and met her cousins in 1977. She has traveled to Alaska, Columbia South America, Costa Rica, Norway and the Panama Canal. She and Jorgen traveled by bus and their motor home across the US; visiting California, Canada, Florida, the Grand Canyon, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Niagra Falls, Oregon, Texas and Washington DC. She also traveled with close friends and neighbors on bus tours and a cruise after Jorgen passed.
Ragnhild moved to the Pioneer Manor and was able to continue to travel. She volunteered at the Glenwood Thrift Shop for 20 years. In 2012 she moved to La Casa after a surgery and lived there until May 4th of 2016 when she moved into the Sheridan Memorial Nursing Home. In rapidly declining health she spent her final few days and night with her grandson by her side.
She is preceded in death by two infant sisters, Sigrid Erna and Sigrid Agnes Linn, her brother Frode Linn, father Lars Linn, husband Sigvald Jensen, mother Ane Marie Linn, son Richard Groskurth, husband Jorgen Groskurth and daughter Barbara (Jensen) Bonebrake. She is survived by two grandchildren, Gwen (Bonebrake) Andersen of Washington, DC and Steve (Bonebrake) Deerwood of Minneapolis, MN as well as her niece Sheila (Jensen) Herman of California. She was blessed with numerous caring friends, coworkers, co-volunteers and neighbors who enriched her life immeasurably. Her grandson is forever grateful to Kermit and Charlotte Sorensen who have selflessly looked after Ragnhild in Plentywood, with Kermit serving as her Power of Attorney, for the final four years of her life.
