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Adeline Peck

Feb. 13,1933-Dec. 19, 2016

Adeline Marie Peck, 83,

longtime Glenburn area

resident and fourth grade

teacher died on December

19, 2016 in a Minot nurs-

ing home following a long

struggle with Alzheimer’s

Disease.

Adeline was born on

February 13, 1933 in

Williston, ND to Norman

and Esther (Olson) Kittel-

son.  She was reared and

educated in Zahl and gra-

duated from Grenora High

School in 1951.  She con-

tinued her education at

Minot State Teachers Col-

lege where she received

her Standard Teaching

Certificate and continued

taking summer school

classes for twenty years

until she received her

Bachelor’s Degree in Edu-

cation in 1973.

Adeline married Duane

Peck on October 31, 1954

in Kenmare. They made

their home in Kenmare

for a short time before

moving to a farm in Mar-

garet Township of Ward

County near Wolseth, ND.

Adeline’s teaching career

spanned thirty-seven

years starting with two

years in Kenmare and

ending with six years as a

Title 9 teacher in Glen-

burn. The remainder were

spent as an Elementary

School Teacher in Glen-

burn with a majority of

those being as a fourth

grade teacher.

Duane died on July 1,

1989. Adeline continued

to reside on the farm until

she moved into Glenburn

in 2006. Most recently she

had resided at Brentmoor,

Edgewood Vista and Trin-

ity Homes.

Adeline was an active

member of Trinity Luth-

eran Church – Glenburn

and its Ladies Aide. Also,

she was a member of the

Glenburn Senior Citizens,

Jet Bells Homemakers

Group and a local bowling

team. She especially en-

joyed traveling, garden-

ing, quilting, sewing and

playing the piano.

Adeline is survived by

her children:  Steve (Ar-

netta) Peck of rural Glen-

burn and Allison Peck of

Los Angeles; grandson:

Addison Peck; sister: Nor-

ma Jean Oyen of Roches-

ter MN and nephews:

Lance and Mitch.

Adeline was preceded

in death by her parents,

husband, brother-in-law:

Walter Oyen, niece:

Valerie Larsen and

nephew: Craig Oyen.

Celebration of the Life

of Adeline Peck:  Friday,

January 6, 2016 at 11:00

a.m. in Trinity Lutheran

Church – Glenburn.

Interment will be in

Fairview Cemetery – Glen-

burn.

Visitation:  Thursday

from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home – Minot.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to the American Di-

abetes Association.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.