Junet Kornkven
June 20, 1923 – July 15, 2019
Junet Kornkven, age 96
of Bottineau, died Mon-
day, July 15, 2019 at a
Bottineau hospital. Her
funeral will be held on
Saturday at 11:00 am at
the Grace Lutheran
Brethren Church in Bot-
tineau. Visitation will be
Friday from 1:00 pm until
9:00 pm with a prayer ser-
vice at 7:00 pm at the
Nero Funeral Home in
Bottineau. Burial will be
at the Oak Creek
Cemetery in Bottineau.
Junet was born on June
20, 1923 to Gustav and
Anna (Hoibrenden) Berge.
As one of 9 children, in-
cluding a twin sister, Ju-
lie, she was raised on the
Berge family farm near
Souris, North Dakota. Jo
was confirmed in her
Christian faith at Turtle
Mountain Church of Car-
bury and graduated from
Souris High School in
1942.
On December 24th,
1942, she married Ray-
mond Kornkven, and to-
gether they formed a
beautiful partnership.
Their love for each other
was evident to all. Ray
and Jo began their mar-
riage on a farm near
Souris, ND, and after 7
years, they relocated to
Bottineau. Ray and Jo at-
tended Emmanuel Luth-
eran Brethren Church in
Carbury, and later Grace
Lutheran Brethren Church
in Bottineau. Ray preced-
ed Jo in death on De-
cember 14, 2018, just days
before their 74th wedding
anniversary.
Ray and Jo were
blessed with four chil-
dren, Joleen (Roger)
Feldner, Robert (Colleen)
Kornkven, Richard (Kar-
na) Kornkven, and Karen
(Len) Smith. Later they
would welcome 11
grandchildren, Brad (Lau-
ra) Feldner, Shawn
Feldner, Angela (Brian)
Volk, Mark (Angela)
Kornkven, Elizabeth
(Louis) Armstrong, Tho-
mas (Molly) Kornkven,
Michael Kornkven, An-
drea (Austin) Hansen,
Danielle (Andrew) Mahar,
Lucas (Stephanie) Sho-
gren, Zachary (Anna) Sho-
gren, and 18 great
grandchildren. The
greatest gift she gave each
of her family members
was her unconditional
love and grace, and in re-
turn, she was loved and
respected beyond meas-
ure.
Jo’s appreciation of art
was evident in her daily
living, her joy in serving
was her gift to all that en-
tered the doors of her
home, and her deep love
of Jesus, her family and
her friends is how she
will be remembered by
those who knew her best.
Junet is also survived
by her four sisters, Alice
Ihla, Julie Lee, Helen
Woods, and Rosie Tollef-
son. and sister -in-laws,
Arlene Berge and Dolores
Berge, as well as many
nieces and nephews.
Jo was preceeded in
death by her parents, her
loving husband, Ray, her
brothers, Arthur, Olaf
(Gladys), and Gordon
(Geneva), and sister Palma
(Melvin) Haugen, brother
in laws, Otto Ihla, John
Woods, and Orlan Tollef-
son, and all of Ray’s
brothers, sisters, and their
spouses.
Arrangements were
with Nero Funeral Home
in Bottineau. Friends may
sign the online register
book at
www.nnerofuneralhome.n
et.