Albert Pugh

Bottineau, died Tuesday

at a Bottineau nursing

home. His funeral will be

held: on Saturday at 10:00

am at the St. Mark’s

Catholic Church in Bot-

tineau. Visitation: will be

Friday from 1:00 pm until

9:00 pm with a prayer

service at: 7:00 pm at the

Nero Funeral Home in

Bottineau. Burial: will be

at the St. Mark’s Catholic

Cemetery in Bottineau.

Albert Pugh, a son of

William and Jessie (Clark)

Pugh was born on May 14,

1920 in Bottineau. On

December 31, 1942, he

married Mary Busch at

Lignite. They made their

home on the Pugh Family

Farm south west of Bot-

tineau. They moved into

Bottineau in 1953 after

they purchased the HiLo

Grocery Store. In 1961

they sold the store and Al

began selling life in-

surance through the

Knight of Columbus. He

later worked for Wold En-

gineering and the Bot-

tineau Country Club be-

fore retiring. After retire-

ment, he worked

part-time at Theels Inc in

Bottineau. He moved into

the Good Samaritan

Center in Bottineau on

January 19, 2017. Mary

passed away on February

11, 2017.

Albert was a member of

the St. Mark’s Catholic

Church and the Bottineau

Knights of Columbus. He

had a great love of out-

doors and the fours sea-

son of North Dakota. He

enjoyed snowmobiling,

golfing, hunting, playing

cards and watching the

Minnesota Twins.

He is survived by: his

children, Carrol (Terry)

Olson, Bottineau; Anne

(Mike) Bergeron, Bot-

tineau; Arlene (Ron) Du-

val, Moorhead, MN ; Bill

(Linda) Pugh, Miles City,

MT; Greg Pugh, Minot,

ND; Gary (Lori) Pugh,

Wheatland, WY; Mary

(Doug) Manz, Brandon,

MB; and grandchildren

Chris (Kelly) Olson,

Michele (Danny) Biber-

dorf, Rob (Jill Franks) Ol-

son, Jim (Natalie) Olson,

Donavan (Rochelle) Ol-

son, Bryce (Jeana) Ber-

geron, Polly Bergeron,

Marianne (Mark) Schmitt,

Katie (Lyle) Heide, Bobbi

(Jeff) Knack, Staci

(Joshua) Jonason, Nikkie

(Shawn) Dvorak, Ryan

(Lisa) Duval, Melissa

(Sarah Hasegawa) Duval,

Theresa Duval, Matthew

Duval, Jerry Pugh, Jeff

(Jana) Pugh, Jessica (Nick)

Baker, Jenny Pugh, Scott

Hofer, Kara (Scott)

McBrien, Blair Hofer, 32

great-grandchildren, 2

great-great-grandchildren,

sister-in-law, Linda Pugh

of Souris and numerous

nieces and nephews.

In addition to his wife

and parents, he was pre-

ceded in death by: his

brothers, Melvin and

Wilfred; sister, Marian

McKnight; son, Robert

Pugh; infant daughter,

Mary Francis and a great

granddaughter, Amanda

Erickson.

Arrangements were

with Nero Funeral Home

in Bottineau. Friends

may sign the online regis-

ter book at

www.nerofuneral

home.net.