Doroles Haaland
Doroles Mary Sullivan
Haaland, 92, Minot, died
Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015, in
a nursing care facility in
Minot, holding the hand
of her first-born daughter.
Doroles was born Nov.
2, 1923, in Mayland
Township of Ward Coun-
ty, near Carpio, to Martin
and Barbara (Watne) Sul-
livan, the first of three
daughters. She was
reared on the family farm
near Carpio and in Ken-
mare. She attended
school in Carpio and
Kenmare. She graduated
from Carpio High School
in 1940 Summa Cum
Laude, attended Minot
State Teacher’s College,
and graduated from the
Trinity School of Nursing
in 1945, fulfilling her
childhood dream of be-
coming a registered
nurse.
Doroles married Olaf
Haaland Oct. 25, 1945, in
Carpio. They made their
home in Minot where she
was employed as a nurse
at Trinity Hospital as
well as at Northwest
Clinic. During her time at
Trinity, Doroles served as
night supervisor in the
Pediatrics Department,
Emergency Room and the
Med/Surgical floor. When
her husband was elected
Ward County sheriff in
1956, her new role was
deputized matron of the
Ward County Jail. For six
consecutive terms (22
years) she cooked and
served three meals a day
to the inmates. After re-
tirement from public ser-
vice, Doroles and Olaf
moved to Salem, Ore.,
where in 1979 at the age
of 56, she resumed her
nursing profession. Dor-
oles returned to Minot in
October 2002, where she
lived for the remainder of
her life.
Doroles was a lifelong
student of the Bible and a
fearless disciple for
Christ. She was a mem-
ber of Zion Lutheran
Church in Minot and Our
Savior’s Lutheran Church
in Salem. She served on
both church councils.
She was a member of the
Mouse River District
Nurses, North Dakota
Peace Officers Associa-
tion, Sons of Norway,
and served on the N.D.
Board of Nursing. She
was involved in com-
munity through PTA,
Girl Scouts, Operation
Prognosis, AFS (Foreign
Exchange Student Pro-
gram), Kurdish Refugee
Resettlement and count-
less other endeavors. In
her free time she enjoyed
knitting, crocheting, read-
ing and crossword puz-
zles.
Doroles had an abun-
dance of curiosity and a
beautiful mind.
Doroles is survived by:
three of her four children,
Jane (Craig) Nelson, Mi-
not, Julie (Ron) Johnson,
San Diego, and Joan
(Paul) Paddock, McMinn-
ville, Ore.; her only
daughter-in-law, Lynnette
Haaland, Minot; grand-
children, Keri (Shaun)
Sipma, Cory (Danielle)
Nelson, Sedona (James)
Reynolds, Dakota John-
son, Blair (Jaime) Haa-
land, Brian (Heather) Haa-
land, Kristy (Joel) Stugel-
meyer, John Martin and
Helen Paddock; 19 great-
grandchildren; and her
sister, Helen Haaland.
She is also survived by
many nieces and neph-
ews.
Doroles was preceded
in death by: her parents;
husband; brothers-in-law,
Martin Haaland and Gir-
dell Patterson; sister,
Fern Patterson; and son,
John Olaf Haaland.
Celebration of the Life
of Doroles Haaland: 11
a.m. Monday, Dec. 14, in
Zion Lutheran Church,
Minot.
Interment: Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot.
Visitation: noon to 4
p.m. Sunday in Thomas
Family Funeral Home,
Minot.
Memorials are pre-
ferred to: the Zion Luth-
eran Church Building
Fund or Trinity Hospital
Foundation, both Minot.
Those wishing to sign
the online memorial regis-
ter or share memories and
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