Margaret Berntson

Minot, formerly of Max,

died Wednesday, May

24th, 2017 in a Minot

nursing home. Funeral

services will be held on

Tuesday, May 30th, 2017

at 10:30 am at Our

Savior’s Lutheran Church

in Max. Visitation will be

held on Monday from 4-7

at Thompson Funeral

Home in Garrison.

Margaret was born on

October 21, 1929 to Her-

man and Nettie Durow.

She was raised and edu-

cated in Max, graduating

from Max High School in

1947. She married Glenn

Berntson on November

13, 1949. They made their

home in Max and raised

their sons, Robert and

Gerald.

Margaret was a very ac-

tive member of the ladies

aid at Our Savior’s Luth-

eran Church in Max. She

also loved to garden and

then can all of the

wonderful harvest from

her labor. She had a con-

tagious laugh. Everyone

knew when Margaret had

entered the building, as

you could hear her visit-

ing and laughing with

anyone and everyone.

Visiting, after all, was a

pastime. She very much

enjoyed her time with

people who would stop

over, especially neigh-

bors. That time always

involved a cup of coffee

and without question, a

cigarette. One of the com-

mon conversations with

her neighbors was com-

plaining about the neigh-

borhood cats that

wouldn’t leave. They fi-

nally figured out that they

stayed around because

they fed them, talked to

them, and gave them at-

tention. Dang cats!

One of Margaret’s true

loves, however, was chil-

dren, especially her

grandchildren. She was

never afraid to get down

on the floor and play and

visit, and maybe a little

teasing every now and

then as well. She will be

missed but never forgot-

ten.

She is survived by: her

children, Robert (Bonnie)

Berntson, Minot, ND and

Gerald (Candace) Bernt-

son, Garrison, ND;

grandchildren, Teresa

Berntson Hynson, Laura

(Brad) Jacobson, Timothy

(Tracy) Berntson, Dustin

(Jill) Berntson, and Benja-

min (Marisa) Berntson,

great-grandchildren,

Olivia and Nicholas Hyn-

son, Owen and Haylie

Jacobson, Anna Berntson

and Max Berntson, Emily

and Megan Berntson, Bai-

ley, Brendan, Brooklyn,

and Blaze Berntson,

stepgreat-grandchildren,

Ashley Hynson and Mi-

khaila Hynson, brother,

Forest (Joan) Durow, and

sister-in-law, Mabel

McBain.

She is preceded in

death by: her husband,

Glenn, sister, Irene

Songstad, brothers-in-law,

Nels Songstad and Robert

Mcbain, Wallace and Ida

Berntson, Robert and Har-

riet Halverson, Elwood

and Gladys Berntson, Phi-

lip and Dolores Johnson,

Bert and Ella Mickalenko,

and Amanda Berntson.

To sign the online regis-

ter go to www.garrison

thompson.com.