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Helen Thom

Our beloved Helen

Rosella Thom returned to

her heavenly family on

June 9th, 2019. She

passed peacefully, of na-

tural causes, in her home

at age 88.

Visitation will be Fri-

day, June 21, 2019, from 3

pm-7 pm at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND.

Services will be held Sa-

turday, June 22, 2019, at

11:00 am at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home followed by

burial in Sunset Memorial

Gardens, Minot. A cele-

bration of life reception

will be held at the Grand

Hotel, Minot.

Helen showed how to

make life THE BEST; from

a cup of coffee to time

spent with others to the

quiet moments

in-between. Her desire to

help and support others

was truly commendable

and even inspirational. In

that spirit of inspiration,

the family has asked in

lieu of flowers please con-

sider pledging to complete

an item below: Send a

care package to a member

of our military; Ask some-

one to dance; Pay school

lunch for a local child in

need; Call and catch up

with a friend; Make a list

of things you appreciate

about someone, now send

it to them; Deliver a May

Day basket without get-

ting caught; Plant a new

vegetable in the garden,

later have it be the star of

dinner with friends;

Create a magical memory

for someone else

What a blessing to have

had this time with her!

Thank you for helping to

carry Helen’s memory on;

it means more than you’ll

ever know.

Helen was born in 1930

in McHenry county, to Al-

vin and Anna (Isakson)

Thompson, the eldest of

six children. She

described life in those

days as “more simple than

today where you generally

could start and finish a

project in one setting, un-

less the cows were to get

out of the pasture.”

Although they lived in the

great depression her

memories were filled with

gratitude and happiness.

She graduated high school

a year early and went on

to obtain her teaching cer-

tificate from Minot State.

She taught a year at Deep

River before being swept

off her feet at a dance. In

1949 she married her

dance partner, Harley B

Thom, and they contin-

ued dancing together for

the next 50 years. The

couple lived in Minot and

Bismarck, ND, supporting

businesses from a gas sta-

tion to a tire service to the

Farmers Supply Co to a

potato processing plant to

water well drilling. Helen

was later honored by the

governor for being the

first licensed, female, wa-

ter well driller of ND. She

said she loved every

minute of it and there was

nothing like seeing the

customer’s smiles when

they’d strike water.

Helen was a longtime

member of the Elks and

Moose and was active in

Denim Dames, the

Befrienders, Healthy Li-

festyles, Pioneer

Daughters and danced

many a polka with the

Northwest Polkateers. She

was an active member in

Shepherds Chapel

church. She enjoyed trav-

eling, gardening, dancing,

laughing and helping oth-

ers but her greatest love

was her family.

She is survived by:

daughter, Linda Keller

(Jerome) of West Fargo,

ND; granddaughter, Leissa

Johnson (Eric) of Fargo,

ND; brothers, Richard

Thompson (Mary) of

Towner, ND, Allen

Thompson of Granville,

and Erick Thompson

(Connie) of Granville, ND;

sister, Rose Steen (Dick)

of Loveland; numerous

nieces and nephews and

countless friends.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents, Al-

vin and Anna Thompson;

husband, Harley Thom;

and sister, Julia Clayton.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at www.thompson

larson.com.