Eloise Ann Monson Lunder
Sept. 7, 1931- July 12, 2017
Eloise Ann Monson
Lunder, 85, Mesa, AZ,
formerly of Minot and
Williston, died Wednes-
day, July 12, 2017 in a
Mesa Hospital.
Eloise was born Sep-
tember 7, 1931 in
Hillsboro, North Dakota,
the daughter of Robert
Ganoe and Ethel Gladys
(Eastman) Bovaird. She
was raised and educated
at Hillsboro and graduat-
ed from Hillsboro High
School in 1949. She at-
tended Northwestern
School of Nursing in Min-
neapolis, where she gra-
duated with a degree in
Nursing in 1952. She was
employed for a short time
at the Sidney, Montana
Hospital as a registered
nurse prior to her mar-
riage to Robert J. Monson
on December 15, 1952 at
Sidney.
They moved to Willis-
ton, where he was em-
ployed with Burlington
Northern Railroad. She
worked at Mercy Hospital
for 7 years before moving
to Minot in 1960. While
living in Minot, she was
employed at Trinity Hos-
pital for 28 years. She re-
tired from Trinity Hospi-
tal in 1988, however con-
tinued to perform
Paramedical exams for in-
surance companies until
she was 71 years old.
Robert died in 2000.
Eloise was united in mar-
riage to Gilbert Lunder on
February 14, 1988 at Far-
go. They continued to
make their home in
Minot. Gil died May 17,
2013. Eloise moved to
Mesa, Arizona in 2015 to
live nearer her sister, Pau-
la Cooper.
Eloise was a longtime
member of the Congrega-
tional United Church of
Christ, where she was ac-
tive with the Women’s
Fellowship group. She en-
joyed reading, music,
walking and travelling.
Eloise loved her family
and friends dearly. She
loved to cook, bake, gar-
den and entertain friends.
She enjoyed sewing
throughout the years as
well. Music was very im-
portant to Eloise. She sang
in the church choir since
a very young age, often
singing duets with her sis-
ter, Paula. She enjoyed
doing family genealogy.
Her loving family in-
cludes: son, Paul Monson,
Billings, MT; 2 grandchil-dren, Alyssa Monson and
her daughter, Ariah of Bil-
lings, MT and Melanie
Monson and her children,
Mitchell Monson &
Kyrene (Bradlee) Bishop;
Gilbert’s children: Kae
(Rick) Olson of Gold
Canyon, AZ and
grandchildren: Korrie
(Nick) Wallin, Heidi Ol-
son, Brock Lunder, Suzi
LaSpina, Tessa (Jason) La-
Qua ; sister, Paula (Car-
roll) Cooper, Mesa, AZ;
several nieces and
nephews.
Eloise was preceded in
death by: her parents,
husband’s, Robert Mon-
son and Gilbert Lunder;
son, John Monson, grand-
daughter, Michelle Mo-
sure, great grandchildren,
Kristie and Kyle Mosure;
brother, Robert Bovaird
and sisters, Dolores Hunt,
Marvelle Sorlie and Shir-
ley Olson.
Celebration of Life ser-
vice: Tuesday, July 25,
2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the
Congregational United
Church of Christ, Minot.
Interment: Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot.
Visitation: Monday
from3:00-6:00 p.m. in
Thomas Family Funeral
Home, Minot.
Memorials are preferred
to Congregational United
Church of Christ or Minot
Public Library Children’s
Reading Fund.
Those wanting to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories and
condolences are invited to
use the expression of
sympathy section at
(www.thomas
familyfuneralhome.com).