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Claudia Brendle

Sept. 27, 1955-Dec. 22, 2018

Claudia Brendle, 63,

Minot, ND, passed away

Saturday, December 22,

2018, at Trinity Hospital

in Minot.

Claudia Lynn Feist was

born September 27, 1955,

the daughter of Tony and

Dolores (Goebel) Feist, in

Minot, ND. She was

raised and educated in

Drake, ND. She attended

Drake High School until

her senior year, when she

moved with her family to

Minot. She graduated

from Minot High School

in 1973.

Claudia was once mar-

ried to David Burcham.

From this union, two

daughters, Michelle and

Meranda, were born.

Claudia later married

Paul Brendle in 1993.

They made their home on

the Brendle family farm

and together they helped

operate Brendle’s Bay

Resort. Paul passed away

in 1997. Claudia contin-

ued to reside on the farm

until 1999, when she

moved to Minot. She

worked for Stevick Busi-

ness Forms as an em-

broidery tech for the past

15 years. She very much

enjoyed working there.

During this time, she was

a care giver to both her

parents, which she con-

sidered an honor.

While living in Minot,

she was a former member

of St. Leo’s Catholic

Church in Minot.

Claudia enjoyed read-

ing, gardening, riding

horse and playing games

on the computer.

Her loving family in-

cludes daughters,

Michelle (Gordy Jr.) Val-

gren, Minot, and Meranda

Burcham, Fitchburg, WI;

grandchildren, Jayden and

Kye Burcham; and Jesse

Plowman and Alexys

(Michael) Hagerman; sis-

ters, Mary West (Brian

Tryhus), Mankato, MN,

and Gayle (Steve) East,

New Mexico; brothers,

Bruce (Randi) Feist,

Minot, Greg (Roberta)

Feist, Ohio, and Gerard

Feist, Arizona; special

friends, Priscilla and Dar-

vin Schlag, Santa Rosa,

CA; and numerous aunts,

uncles, nieces, nephews

and cousins.

Claudia was preceded

in death by her parents;

husband, Paul; grandson,

Anthony Forsman; broth-

er, Ronald Feist; brother-

in-law, Ken West; and

numerous aunts and un-

cles.

Memorial Service: Fri-

day, December 28, 2018,

at 2:00 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home Chapel, Minot.

Visitation: There will be

no reviewal but friends

may sign the register book

on Thursday from 5 to 7

p.m. at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to Suicide Preven-

tion.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www. thomp-

son larson.com).