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Jerica Holwegner Irmen

Nov. 18, 1976-Oct. 13, 2017

Jerica Holwegner Ir-

men,40, Minot, ND,

passed away Friday, Oc-

tober 13, 2017, in her

home after a three-year

battle with cancer.

Jerica was born No-

vember 18, 1976, the

daughter of Dan and Jayne

(Palda) Holwegner, in

Minot. She was raised and

educated in Minot, ND,

and graduated from Minot

High School in 1995. Dur-

ing high school, Jerica

was member of four con-

secutive state champion-

ship track teams, placed

2nd in the 100-meter dash

two times and 3rd two

times and was a member

of six state champion re-

lay teams. Jerica was the

co-editor of the Sear-

chlight, the school’s year-

book, as well as a member

of the Homecoming Court.

Jerica took a winding

road in her educational

career. Her undergraduate

degree started at James-

town College, ND, and

wound through the

University of North Dako-

ta, Colorado State Univer-

sity, and graduation from

Metropolitan University,

Denver. She later earned a

master’s degree in coun-

seling from the University

of Phoenix.

Jerica was united in

marriage to Matthew T. Ir-

men July 18, 1998, in

Minot. They made their

home in Thornton,

Colorado, where she

worked at EAS Sports Nu-

trition. Matt passed away

March 23, 2003. Follow-

ing her husband’s death,

she continued to reside in

Thornton, CO, until 2008,

when she moved back to

Minot.

Jerica met her fiance`,

Christopher, in Minot,

ND. They were blessed

with two children Finn

and Willow. They loved

the outdoors and spent

most of their vacations

with Finn and Willow in

Spearfish Canyon, SD.

Most people are lucky to

find one love in their life,

Jerica found two; Matt

and Chris. The support

Chris provided over the

last year was amazing.

Jerica’s family will be for-

ever grateful.

Jerica was employed by

Minot Public Schools as a

counselor at Jim Hill Mid-

dle School at the time of

her death. Jerica was very

grateful to have the sup-

port from such a wonder-

ful community. She truly

saw humanity at its finest

and is forever loved.

You left this earth to

soon. We will miss your

smile and the twinkle in

your eye but take comfort

in knowing we will see

both every time we look at

Finn and Willow. Tell

mom and Matt we love

them.

Her loving family in-

cludes: fiance`, Christo-

pher Clausen and his

mother Faye, father Eric,

and brother Ryan chil-

dren, Finn (4-years old)

and Willow (3-years old);

father, Dan (Pamela)

Holwegner of Minot; sis-

ter, Ashley (Morgan)

Leigh of Minot; brother,

Nicholas (Natasha)

Holwegner of Minot;

nieces and nephews, Ri-

ley Holwegner, Kya Kam-

rowski, Meegan and

Sawyer Leigh, Ethan Ir-

men; maternal grand-

mother Mary Ann Palda

of Minot paternal grand-

mother Pauline

Holwegner of Minot

Jerica was preceded in

death by her mother, hus-

band, maternal grandfa-

ther, Robert Palda, and

paternal grandfather Clif-

ford Holwegner

Celebration of Jerica’s

Life: Thursday, October

19, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. at

the Moose Lodge, Minot,

ND.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to Dan Holwegner

to be used for Finn and

Willow’s college educa-

tion.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).