Barbara ‘Barb’ Marchant

Barbara ‘Barb’ Mar-

chant, 83, Minot, formerly

of Surrey, ND passed

away Tuesday, August 15,

2017 in a Velva nursing

home surrounded by her

loving family.

Barbara Jean Marchant

was born November 23,

1933, in Westville, Nova

Scotia, Canada to Ronald

and Viola Carrigan. She

was reared and educated

in Westville, attending

school through the 8th

grade. To help support

her family, she began

working at Goodman’s

Department Store. As a

young woman, Barbara

loved speed skating and

going to dances with her

sisters and good friends. It

was at one of these

dances, in 1955, that she

met Kenny Marchant. It

didn’t take long for Bar-

bara to know that Kenny

was the love of her life.

On February 6, 1957, they

were joined in marriage in

Westville.

Barbara and Kenny

moved to Williston, and

shortly thereafter moved

to Minot where he started

working for Burlington

Northern Railroad, and

she worked at Lydia’s

CafÈ, Buttrey’s Women’s

Store, and JC Penney. In

1969 they moved to

Surrey. For the next

several years, she

remained at home to raise

her children. In 1985, she

started working for Surrey

High School in the

cafeteria. She truly en-

joyed interacting with all

the students and faculty.

In August of 1987, Kenny

passed away suddenly at

the age of 54. Barbara

remained at the school

until her retirement in

1995. She moved to Minot

in 2004, and during her

time in Minot, she lent a

hand at Town & Country

Credit Union with the

monthly statements. She

served as President of her

condo association while

residing there.

Barbara was extremely

proud of her Canadian

heritage, and cherished

the time that she spent

visiting with her family

and friends in Canada.

One of her proudest mo-

ments, however, was

when she became an

American Citizen in 1980.

Barbara was a member of

Our Lady of Grace Cathol-

ic Church of Minot, where

she was an active

volunteer in the food pan-

try.

Barbara had a great

sense of humor and sim-

ply had to be busy. She

loved to dance and be-

came very active in her

singles group where she

served as secretary, and

planned many of their

events. She met some

very treasured friends

during her involvement

with the group. Barbara’s

true passion was the love

she had for her family.

Her children and

grandchildren always

came first, and were for-

ever on her mind. Road

trips with her friends and

spending time with her

family gave her the most

joy. She will be remem-

bered with love and her

memory will be carried on

through her family.

A very special thank

you to the wonderful staff

at Souris Valley Care

Center in Velva for the ex-

ceptional care and love

they gave to our mother.

They are the best!

Barbara’s is survived

by her daughters, Theresa

(Bryan) Feist, Pelican

Lake, MN, Tammy (Ron)

Solberg, Minot, ND, Tracy

(Randy) Bertsch, Garrison,

ND; sons, Tim (Sharlatte)

Marchant, Minot, ND and

Tom (Amy) Marchant,

Bismarck, ND; grandchil-

dren, Joey (Amanda) Sol-

berg, Amanda (Zach) Kell-

er, Ashley Marchant,

Adam Marchant, all of

Minot, ND; Jaeger Mar-

chant, Brooks Marchant,

Bismarck, ND and Hunter

Bertsch, Bottineau, ND;

one great granddaughter,

Quill Keller, Minot, ND;

two brothers, Vernon and

Carl Carrigan, Nova

Scotia, Canada; and two

very special friends, Betty

and Alan, Minot, ND.

She was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band, Kenny; son, Ronald;

sisters, Anna (Jack) Kyle,

Agnes (Allan) Campbell,

and Theresa Carrigan;

mother- and father-in-law,

Adelia and Ted Marchant

and brothers-in-law,

LeRoy Marchant and Le-

land Marchant.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Saturday, August 19,

2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Our

Lady of Grace Catholic

Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Friday, Au-

gust 18, 2017 from 3:00

p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at the

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to Our Lady of

Grace Catholic Church

and its food pantry or

Souris Valley Care Center,

Velva.

Those wanting 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