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).