Kenneth “KB” Finneseth

Finneseth, 86, rural

Norwich, died on Sunday

in a Minot hospital with

his loving family at his

side. KB’s planned activi-

ty of attending an auction

on Saturday was changed

when he suffered a mas-

sive stroke in the early

morning.

Kenneth was born on

August 15, 1930 in Minot

to Kenneth and Blanche

(Ofsthun) Finneseth. He

was reared on the family

farm in North Prairie

Township of McHenry

County and attended

country school as well as

Surrey and Norwich

schools. As a young adult,

he assisted on the family

farm. KB enlisted in the

U.S. Navy on October 12,

1948 and served primarily

aboard the U.S.S.

Meredith prior to his

honorable discharge on

October 2, 1952. Follow-

ing his discharge, he re-

turned to the Norwich

area and continued farm-

ing.

KB married Thelma

Krefting on November 15,

1950 in Norwich. They

made their home on a

farm in North Prairie

Township where they

raised small grains, beef

cattle, and horses. They

also operated a dairy farm

for twenty-one years. He

officially retired from

farming on the date of his

death.

KB was a lifelong

member of the Norwich

Lutheran Church and

served as President of the

church council for several

terms. He was a member

of the American Legion,

Elks Lodge, Eagles Aerie

and Moose Lodge. He

served on the Boards of

Directors of North Prairie

Township, North Prairie

Rural Water and Tele-

phone Company, Meti-

goshe Ministries, McHen-

ry Co FHA, Dairy Herd

Improvement Association

and Minot Area Develop-

ment Corporation. He

especially enjoyed horse-

back riding and was an

avid supporter of Velva

High School activities.

KB’s loving family in-

cludes: his wife of 66

years: Thelma; children:

Diana Brooks of Bismarck,

Edward (Jill) Finneseth of

Savage MN, Doug Fin-

neseth of Towner, Greg

(Robin) Finneseth of Vel-

va and Robert (Karyn)

Finneseth of Litchfield

MN; Fifteen grandchil-

dren: Jorey (Kayla) Fin-

neseth, Chelsea (Brooks)

Luper, Jenna Jauman, Car-

ly (Colt) Hale, Blaine Fin-

neseth, Robert Finneseth,

Lincoln Finneseth, Cash

Finneseth, Alex Fin-

neseth, Ben Finneseth,

Anna Finneseth, Brie Fin-

neseth, Jerald Huber, Ale-

sha (Jesse) Legoll and

Amanda Finneseth; seven

great-grandchildren:

Branltey Hale, Jude Fin-

neseth, Ava Finneseth, El-

izabeth Paige Brendal, Za-

chary Huber, Kaitlyn

Huber and Isabella Fin-

neseth; in-laws: Jane Fin-

neseth of rural Norwich,

Edward (Sharon) Krefting

of Pomona, CA and

several nieces, nephews,

and cousins.

KB was preceded in

death by: his parents,

brother: Eugene,

son-in-law: Robert “Al”

Brooks and sisters-in-law:

Alma (Willie) and Sarah

(Archie); Nieces: Debi,

Georgia, Cheryl Ann, and

Heather.

Celebration of the Life

of KB Finneseth: Thurs-

day, June 29, 2017 at

11:00 a.m. in the Norwich

Lutheran Church,

Norwich.

Interment will be in the

Norwich Lutheran Church

Cemetery.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to the Norwich Lutheran

Church Cemetery, Meti-

goshe Ministries or

donor’s choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com.