Mona Kvernum

Columbus, ND: Mona, 86,

died at Missouri Slope

Care Center in Bismarck,

ND. She was released

from her struggles and

welcomed by her Lord

and Savior on Friday, De-

cember 30, 2016.

Funeral services will be

11:00 A.M., Wednesday,

January 4, 2017 at Faith

Lutheran Church in

Columbus with Pastor

Morris Kirchhof officiat-

ing. Burial will follow at

Trinity Lutheran Ceme-

tery in Columbus. Visita-

tion will be one hour be-

fore the service at the

church.

Mona was born October

3, 1930 to Roy Bonsness

and Anna (Helseth) Bons-

ness in Columbus, ND

and was the fourth of ten

children.

After graduating from

High School in 1948, she

married Archie Wayne

Bywater and had a son,

Mark. Archie and Mona

divorced later and in

1953, she married Dean

Anthony Kvernum and

had three children:

Timothy, Scott and Paula.

Mona’s hard work eth-

ics were an inspiration.

She served the patrons of

the Border Triangle Club

in Larson, ND for twenty

years. Dean and Mona

owned and operated D&M

Oil Company and The

Columbus Theater for

many years. Mona and

her sister, Sharon, were

partners in a painting

business for approximate-ly 10 years; when Sharon

retired, Mona continued

the business and worked

with her close friend, Ju-

lie Brenno, for another 10

years. Although Mona

said she really didn’t en-

joy cooking and baking,

she was very good at it

and known for volunteer-

ing that talent for many

family get-togethers and

community activities

throughtout the years.

In the family’s earlier

years, they enjoyed many

gatherings (with cousins

galore), at the K-L-K Cabin

(Kvernum-Lautenschlager-Kihle

Cabin) at Kenosee Lake in

Canada; there was a

second explanation of

what K-L-K stood forÃ-.

“Kids-Lots-Of-Kids”. Both

Dean and Mona enjoyed

golfing for many years

and were part of a pretty

strong bowling team with

Mona’s sister, Karmen

and husband, Dean Kihle.

Mona is survived by

her children, Mark and

Peggy (Powell) Kvernum

(Rapid City, SD), Scott

and Laura (Daniel) Kver-

num (Williston, ND) and

Paula Kvernum (Mandan,

ND), along with, 7

grandchildren and 11

great-grandchildren. She

was preceded in death by

her parents, Roy and

Anna Bonsness, her hus-

band, Dean Kvernum, her

son, Timothy, two broth-

ers Byron and Neil and

two sisters, Virginia and

Karmen.

Stakston-Martin Fun-

eral Home of Crosby, ND

is in charge of arrange-

ments.