Anita Grengs

SHERWOOD Anita Katherine Grengs, 71, Sherwood/Mohall, died Friday, Sept. 18, 2009, at a Rochester, Minn., hospital.

Anita was born Jan. 13, 1938, in Minot to Lloyd and Anne (Zeltinger) Owen. She attended school in Sherwood and after her father's passing, she moved to Mankato, Minn., where she graduated in 1955 from Loyola High School. She also graduated in 1958 from St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester.

Anita and Kasper (Gene) Grengs were married Nov. 15, 1958, in Sherwood. Anita worked for many years as a registered nurse at the Renville-Bottineau Memorial Hospital and at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, both in Mohall. She retired from the nursing home in 2006. She also helped with the farming, trucking and theater business with her husband. Gene died Jan. 4, 1996.

Anita was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Sherwood. She loved to travel, meet new friends, enjoyed sewing, playing cards and Scrabble. She was known for her "positive pens" and loved and lived by the Serenity Prayer.

Survivors: children, Julie (Grengs) Rostad, Minot, Karen (Tim) Marland, Minot, Gary Grengs, of Loraine, and Greg (Lisa) Grengs, Sherwood; grandchildren, Anna Carroll, Ian Thomas and Myla Grengs; stepsister, Margaret (Joe) Hennes, Minot; stepbrother, Charles Rowe, Glendale, Ariz.

Anita was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son Jay Grengs; and sister, Thelma Louise Owen.

Funeral: Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at 11 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church, Sherwood

Family Service: Today at 7 p.m. at St. James Catholic Church, Sherwood.

Burial: Union Cemetery, Sherwood.

Visitation: Today from noon to 5 p.m. at Brose Funeral Home, Mohall. Friends may also sign the online guestbook at (www.brosefuneralhome.com).

Memorials: Memorials are preferred to the Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home, St. James Catholic Church or to the donor's choice.