Bonnie Mehlhoff

her battle to ALS on May

28, 2019 and what a jour-

ney it was. She was posi-

tive, determined, strong

and gracious. Although

we don’t think of it as a

“lost battle” because she

put up a good fight, we

now think of her as smil-

ing, laughing, dancing,

golfing and living life to

the fullest.

She was born in

Longview, WA on Sep-

tember 20, 1942 to June

and David Albrecht, the

second oldest of five sis-

ters, Carol, Arliss, Ruth

and Ruby. She graduated

from Minot High School.

In 1960, she married Del

Rees and moved to Cali-

fornia. They had two

beautiful daughters, Tara

and Brenda. They were

her pride and joy.

Bonnie moved back to

North Dakota in 1990. She

sold watches from a kiosk

at the Dakota Square Mall

for three years and it was

during this time that she

met Curtis Mehlhoff.

They were married in

1994 and celebrated al-

most 20 years of marriage.

Bonnie was a success-

ful saleswoman in the fur-

niture business with her

final position at I. Keating

Furniture World in

Bismarck. She was so

proud of her accomplish-

ments there and her many

friends she made along

the way.

She loved spending

time with family and just

adored her grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

Bonnie loved golfing and

dancing with Curt. She

was full of life and en-

joyed every minute.

Bonnie will be missed

by: her daughters: Tara

(Chris) Conklin, Yucaipa,

CA and Brenda Mitchell,

Bermuda Dunes, CA.

Grandsons: Shawn (Jen-

nifer) Raae-Nielson, Scott

(Ashley) Raae-Nielson,

Nolan (Alex)

Raae-Nielson, JT Sobral,

Mason Mitchell and

Tanner Mitchell.

Great-grandsons: Cavin

and Owen Rees

Raae-Nielson and Hunter

Raae-Nielson. Mother:

June Albrecht, Minot Sis-

ters: Carol Hanson, Ken-

mare, Arliss (Elias) Hil-

dago, Savannah, GA, Ruth

(Ike) Gefroh, Orlando, FL

and Ruby (Joel) Rathbun,

Minot. Stepdaughters:

Cindy (Gar) Frank, Hazen,

Susan (Mike) Morken,

Fargo, Lisa (Mark) Hart,

Bismarck and Jody (Tom)

Pfliger, Mandan. Step-

grandchildren: Jason

Frank, Jordan (Amanda)

Frank, Jeff (Pam) Frank,

Sarah Morken, Matthew

Morken, Austin Juntunen,

Brian (Mabinty) Hart, Na-

tasha (Seth) Hoff and

Tyler Pfliger.

Stepgreat-grandchildren:

Amber, Ashley and Ka-

telyn Frank, Hayden

Dean, Justin and Jaxson

Frank, Raya, Nora and

Amarok Frank, Kennedi

Holo, Aiden and Harrison

Hoff. Brother and

sister-in-laws: Norman

and Laura Mehlhoff,

Bismarck, Eleanor Mehlh-

off, Garrison and Arlene

Mehlhoff, Minot. She had

many special nieces and

nephews and friends.

She was preceded in

death by: her husband,

Curt Mehlhoff; her father,

David Albrecht; her

grandparents, Christ and

Sophie Albrecht and John

and Florence Landis.

A funeral service for

Bonnie will be held in

Palm Desert, CA at a later

date.