The funeral for Alma Carey, 93, of Devils Lake, formerly of Maddock, will be held Thurs., March 2 at 2 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Maddock. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She died Feb. 25, 1995 at the Lake Region Lutheran Home in Devils Lake.
Rev. Allyne Holz will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Westrum, Brad Westrum, Dennis Pierson, Douglas Pierson, Elmer Stenson, Frank Westrum & Larry Pierson. The Nelson funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of arrangements.
Alma O. Carey was born Oct. 5, 1901 on the family farm in Albert Township of Benson County to Alfred & Magda Torgunrud Westrum. After her education at the township school, she worked in Minneapolis, Minn. & Pasadene, Calif. for several years. She married Richard Carey in July of 1937 in Minneapolis. They settled in Bremerton, Wash. & then moved to Bellingham, Wash., where they, along with his parents, built & operated a dry cleaning business. Richard Carey died in 1950. In 1953 she moved to Maddock & cared for her parents. She moved to Devils Lake in 1979 & in March of 1992 became a resident of the Lake Region Lutheran Home.
She was a lifelong member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and its ladies aid.
Survivors include a sister, Gladys Halvorson of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; 3 brothers, Wesley Westrum of Cheney, Wash., Laurence Westrum of Portland & Freeman Westrum of Maddock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 sisters, Amanda Duart, Mabel Skadeland, Olga Pierson & Norma Westrum; & 3 brothers, Clarence, Melford & Arnold Westrum.
from Benson County Farmers Press.
Rev. Allyne Holz will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Westrum, Brad Westrum, Dennis Pierson, Douglas Pierson, Elmer Stenson, Frank Westrum & Larry Pierson. The Nelson funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of arrangements.
Alma O. Carey was born Oct. 5, 1901 on the family farm in Albert Township of Benson County to Alfred & Magda Torgunrud Westrum. After her education at the township school, she worked in Minneapolis, Minn. & Pasadene, Calif. for several years. She married Richard Carey in July of 1937 in Minneapolis. They settled in Bremerton, Wash. & then moved to Bellingham, Wash., where they, along with his parents, built & operated a dry cleaning business. Richard Carey died in 1950. In 1953 she moved to Maddock & cared for her parents. She moved to Devils Lake in 1979 & in March of 1992 became a resident of the Lake Region Lutheran Home.
She was a lifelong member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and its ladies aid.
Survivors include a sister, Gladys Halvorson of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; 3 brothers, Wesley Westrum of Cheney, Wash., Laurence Westrum of Portland & Freeman Westrum of Maddock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 sisters, Amanda Duart, Mabel Skadeland, Olga Pierson & Norma Westrum; & 3 brothers, Clarence, Melford & Arnold Westrum.
from Benson County Farmers Press.
The funeral for Alma Carey, 93, of Devils Lake, formerly of Maddock, will be held Thurs., March 2 at 2 p.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Maddock. Interment will be in the church cemetery. She died Feb. 25, 1995 at the Lake Region Lutheran Home in Devils Lake.
Rev. Allyne Holz will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Westrum, Brad Westrum, Dennis Pierson, Douglas Pierson, Elmer Stenson, Frank Westrum & Larry Pierson. The Nelson funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of arrangements.
Alma O. Carey was born Oct. 5, 1901 on the family farm in Albert Township of Benson County to Alfred & Magda Torgunrud Westrum. After her education at the township school, she worked in Minneapolis, Minn. & Pasadene, Calif. for several years. She married Richard Carey in July of 1937 in Minneapolis. They settled in Bremerton, Wash. & then moved to Bellingham, Wash., where they, along with his parents, built & operated a dry cleaning business. Richard Carey died in 1950. In 1953 she moved to Maddock & cared for her parents. She moved to Devils Lake in 1979 & in March of 1992 became a resident of the Lake Region Lutheran Home.
She was a lifelong member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and its ladies aid.
Survivors include a sister, Gladys Halvorson of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; 3 brothers, Wesley Westrum of Cheney, Wash., Laurence Westrum of Portland & Freeman Westrum of Maddock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 sisters, Amanda Duart, Mabel Skadeland, Olga Pierson & Norma Westrum; & 3 brothers, Clarence, Melford & Arnold Westrum.
from Benson County Farmers Press.
Rev. Allyne Holz will officiate. Pallbearers will be Larry Westrum, Brad Westrum, Dennis Pierson, Douglas Pierson, Elmer Stenson, Frank Westrum & Larry Pierson. The Nelson funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of arrangements.
Alma O. Carey was born Oct. 5, 1901 on the family farm in Albert Township of Benson County to Alfred & Magda Torgunrud Westrum. After her education at the township school, she worked in Minneapolis, Minn. & Pasadene, Calif. for several years. She married Richard Carey in July of 1937 in Minneapolis. They settled in Bremerton, Wash. & then moved to Bellingham, Wash., where they, along with his parents, built & operated a dry cleaning business. Richard Carey died in 1950. In 1953 she moved to Maddock & cared for her parents. She moved to Devils Lake in 1979 & in March of 1992 became a resident of the Lake Region Lutheran Home.
She was a lifelong member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church and its ladies aid.
Survivors include a sister, Gladys Halvorson of Mt. Vernon, Wash.; 3 brothers, Wesley Westrum of Cheney, Wash., Laurence Westrum of Portland & Freeman Westrum of Maddock.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 4 sisters, Amanda Duart, Mabel Skadeland, Olga Pierson & Norma Westrum; & 3 brothers, Clarence, Melford & Arnold Westrum.
from Benson County Farmers Press.
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