Sally Nordquist

Garrison, formerly of

Parshall, died on Satur-

day, March 25, 2017 at St.

Alexius Hospital in

Bismarck. Funeral ser-

vices will be held on

Wednesday at 11:00 am at

St. Paul Lutheran Church

in Garrison. Burial will be

held at a later date at the

Parshall Cemetery.

Visitation will be held

on Tuesday from 2 to 6 at

Thompson Funeral Home

in Garrison.

Sally was born No-

vember 25, 1951 in Minot,

ND to Rudolph and

Evelyn (Edwardson) Bren-

dle. She was raised on a

farm west of Parshall near

what is known as Brendle

Bay on Lake Sakakawea.

She was baptized and

confirmed at First Luth-

eran Church in Parshall,

where she first met the

love of her life at the age

of 4, little Timmy Nord-

quist. She attended school

in Parshall, graduating

from Parshall High School

in 1969. The Class of ’69

was very important to Sal-

ly and she remained close

to all of them throughout

the years.

Following graduation,

Sally attended Dickinson

State College, graduating

with a degree in secon-

dary education in Earth

Science. Her first employ-ment was working as gen-

eral secretary for the ND

State Fair Association

under Manager Vern Stev-

ick. On December 17,

1977, Sally married that

cute little boy from

church, Tim Nordquist, at

First Lutheran Church in

Parshall. They lived in

Bismarck for a couple

years where Sally worked

as the travel coordinator

for Basin Electric.

Sally and Tim were

blessed with their only

child, Cory Nathan, on

March 4, 1981. They

moved their family to

Garrison in the summer of

1982. Before Cory’s school

years, Sally was a stay at

home mom and provided

daycare for a number of

children. After Cory start-

ed school, Sally began

working as the morning

waitress at the Dairy

Queen. She later worked

at Cenex in Garrison for a

number of years. In 1994,

she began her job as the

office manager for the

Camp of the Cross Minis-

tries and part-time secre-

tary for St. Paul Lutheran

Church, where she was

very active in the WELCA.

She very much enjoyed

her time at both before re-

tiring in 2010.

Sally had many hobbies

including hunting and

fishing. She and Tim

moved her old office from

the Camp of the Cross to

the “Brendle Coulee” on

her family’s land. She was

very proud to have a place

to hunt and spend time

with her family on the

land she grew up loving.

She also enjoyed crochet-

ing, puzzles, and cruising

in her mustang! Sally

and her family were also

huge Bison fans, attending

numerous games and al-

ways sporting the Bison

flag outside the house.

In May of 2015 Sally

lost the love of her life,

Tim, to cancer. Though he

could never be replaced,

Sally was supremely

blessed July 27, 2015 with

her granddaughter, Bryn

Ava. Bryn was a gift that

Sally cherished beyond

what people call a

“grandchild.” She be-

lieved Bryn was a gift

from God and could only

imagine Tim smiling from

heaven as he watched Sal-

ly hold her. Bryn now has

two beautiful angels

watching over her for

eternity!

Family: Sally is sur-

vived by her son and

daughter-in-law, Cory and

Tina, and their daughter,

Bryn Ava; her sister, Di-

ane (Kenny), Rasmusson,

Valley City, ND; brother,

Darrel Brendle, Parshall,

ND; brother-in-law,

Dennis (Cindy) Nordquist,

Minot, ND; sister-in-law,

Julie Bartleson, Fargo, ND;

nieces and nephews, Jodi

(Jesse) Pabst, Pete (Stacy)

Rasmusson, Sandy

(Chuck) Hoogendorn,

Christa (Troy) Brunsell,

and Chad (Britt) Nord-

quist.

She was preceded in

death by: her beloved

husband, Tim, parents,

Rudolph and Evelyn Bren-

dle, her in-laws, Orville

and Selma “Sally” Nord-

quist, and a nephew,

Bruce Nordquist.

In lieu of flowers the

family prefers memorial

to the Camp of the Cross

or St. Paul Lutheran

Church.

To sign the online regis-

ter go to www.garrison

thompson.com.