Junet Kornkven

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.