Astrid “Ossie” Egeberg

Astrid “Ossie” Rowena

Egeberg, 96, Mohall, form-

erly of Minot, died Sun-

day, November 19, 2017

in a Minot Hospital sur-

rounded by family.

Ossie was born June 30,

1921 on the family farm

in Renville County, North

Dakota the daughter of

Alfred and Engeborg

(Vasenden) Hellebust.

She was raised on the

family farm and educated

at country schools before

graduating from Tolley

High School. She furth-

ered her education at

Concordia College in

Moorhead, MN, where she

received a standard teach-

ers certificate. She

taught at rural Renville

County Schools for

several years, prior to her

marriage to John Egeberg

on September 10, 1943 in

Los Angeles, while he was

stationed there during

World War II.

Ossie and John returned

to North Dakota and pur-

chased a farm in Green-

bush Township of Ward

County, where they

farmed and raised their

two children, Sonja and

Alan. John died October

18, 1993 and Ossie con-

tinued to live on the farm

until moving to Minot in

1996. She had been a

resident of the Mohall

Good Samaritan Nursing

Home for the past 9 years.

Ossie was a former

member of Hamerly Luth-

eran Church, rural

Loraine until it was

closed. She was a

member of the Don-

nybrook Legion Auxiliary,

Trinity Auxiliary and had

volunteered with the

Norsk Hostfest – cele-

brating her Norwegian

Heritage at the Festival.

Her loving family in-

cludes:, son, Alan (Dar-

lene) Egeberg of Minot

and their children:

Stephen (Bethany) Ege-

berg, Harvey and Nichole

Egeberg, Minot.

Great-grandchildren, Alex

(Lisa) Klein, Chase Ege-

berg, Haley Egeberg,

Brynn Bernsdorf, Breya

Egeberg, Braden Egeberg

& Navae Bernsdorf. Brother Finn Hellebust or rural Tolley.

Her daughters loving

family, Carroll Garner El-

dridge of Tennessee and

Great-grandchildren, Jes-

sica (Tony) Tavernese, Re-

becca Eldridge, and

Meagan Eldridge all

Tennessee.

Grand-daughter, Brenda

Kibbel and

Great-grandchildren Heidi

Kibbel, Steven Kibbel,

and Teresa Kibbel all

Tennessee.

And many loving

nieces, nephews,

great-nieces,

great-nephews, and add

many great-greats.

Ossie was preceded in

death by: her parents,

husband, John, brother,

Knute Hellebust, sister,

Marie (Hellebust)

Schouvillier, sister, Millie

(Hellebust) Ess, daughter,

Sonja Eldridge and grand-

son, Alan Eldridge.

A Private family ser-

vice will be held: at a

later date.

Public Gathering and

Celebration of Life ser-

vice: Saturday, November

25, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. in

the Vegas Motel Atrium.

Those who knew her well

know how much she

loved the color red. The

family would enjoy if

those who attend the

Celebration of Life service

to wear something red in

honor of Ossie.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomasfamily

funeralhome. com)