Lars Oynes

Lars Oynes will be held at

2 PM, Wednesday March

21, 2018 at Shell Creek

Lutheran Church in Plaza.

Pastor Chris Lenning will

officiate.

“A Man Before His

Time” Lars Oynes

Lars was born on Janu-

ary 6, 1920 to his

Norwegian immigrant

parents, John and Bergitte

(Sarhiem) Oynes. He was

born on the family farm

south of Blaisdell, Osloe

Township. There was no

sterile delivery rooms,

birthing medications or

soft music playing. Mid-

wife Mrs. O. Sagen attend-ed his birth. Lars was bap-

tized and confirmed at

Shell Creek Lutheran

Church south of Blaisdell.

He attended high

school in Plaza, North

Dakota, graduating in

1938.

His father died in 1937,

so Lars stayed on the farm

after his graduation from

high school. In the winter

of 1940 he went to NDSU

in Fargo and took a short

course in Agriculture.

Lars entered the mili-

tary service in March of

1945, trained to be a radio

operator at Fort Benning,

Georgia. After completing

school he was transferred

to the school troops and

was responsible for radio

communications in field

exercises. Lars was

discharged in December

of 1946, but signed up for

5 years in the Enlisted

Reserve Corps. After Lars’

military service he attend-ed electronics school in

Los Angeles.

In 1949 Lars married

Alice Zientek from Cleve-

land, Ohio and were

blessed with 4 children:

Robert of Toston, Monta-

na; Ginny (Jerry) Gullick-

son of Minot; Barb (Peder)

Rice of Minot and Susie

(Jim) of Selah, Washing-

ton.

Lars was married to

Dorice Runyon of Stanley,

on March 4, 1978 and this

added one stepson, Greg

(Tracey) Runyon of

Bismarck, ND; four step-

daughters; Barb (Layne)

Lindberg of Rapid City,

SD; Shirley (Bernie) Jask-

en of Gackle, ND; Eric

Abercrombie of Charlotte,

NC and Jamie Paper of

Appleton, Wisconsin.

Lars is also survived by

19 grandchildren, 47

great-grandchildren and 5

great-great-grandchildren,

a nephew Curtis Oynes of

Sioux City, Iowa; nephew

Jon Oynes of Covington,

LA and Eric Oynes of

Longview, Texas.

Lars was preceded in

death by his parents, a

sister, Lillian; a brother,

Chris; and two

half-brothers and

half-sisters.

He loved his beautiful

flower gardens, remodel-

ing their home, politics,

playing black jack and

making pancakes for his

family and friends. He

was a 50-year plus

member of the Sons of

Norway. At 98 years old,

one might think perhaps

life might become dull or

uneventful. However, Lars

had an appreciation for

life and all that he had

continued to experience.

He worked endlessly in

capturing these precious

moments of time with

both stories and pictures

from generation to genera-tion. Sharing stories and

pictures he had recap-

tured was a joy for both

Lars and Dorice to share

with others. Although his

“book” was not finished in

his time – his youngest

daughter Susie has taken

up the mantle to finalize

this long desired accom-

plishment.