Arlene Ione Lafontaine

Arlene Ione Lafontaine,

88, longtime Minot

resident, died Wednes-

day, July 10, 2019 in a

Minot Nursing Home.

Arlene was born No-

vember 20, 1930 to Ole

and Helen Melting of Aly-

mer North Dakota. Her

family eventually settled

in Berthold North Dakota

where she graduated in

1949. Arlene married

Roger Lafontaine at

Bethany Lutheran Church

in Minot North Dakota on

February 15, 1952.

Arlene and Roger had

two children, Geary born

in 1955 and Christine

Born in 1957.

During her career Ar-

lene worked at First Na-

tional Bank for 26 years,

and later at Metropolitan

Federal. She retired in

1993.

Arlene is survived by

her husband Roger,

daughter Christine and

her husband Randy,

grandchildren Micah,

Matthew, Elizabeth and

Sophia, as well as 12 great

grandchildren.

Arlene was preceded in

death by her mother, fa-

ther and infant son Geary.

Celebration of Life ser-

vice: Monday, July 15,

2019 at 10:00 a.m. in

Bethany Lutheran

Church, Minot.

Interment: Veterans

Section of Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: At her re-

quest, there will not be a

viewing, however friends

may sign a memorial re-

gister book on Sunday,

July 14th from 3:00-5:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to the North Dakota

Alzheimer’s Association.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at

(www.thomasfamilyfuner

alhome.com)