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Donna Haugen

May 28, 1931-Oct. 15, 2019

Donna Haugen, 88,

Minot and formerly of

Ryder and Roseglen died

on Tuesday, October 15,

2019 in a Minot hospital

with her loving family at

her side.

Donna Jean Hill was

born on May 28, 1931 in

Garrison, ND to Floyd and

Julia (Snippen) Hill. She

was raised on a farm in

the Roseglen area and at-

tended country school

prior to graduating from

Minot High School in

1949. As a young adult

she was employed at

Minot Paint and Glass and

as a medical secretary at

Northwest Clinic.

Donna married Donald

L. Haugen on September

16, 1951 at Bethany Luth-

eran Church in Minot.

Donna was a fulltime

wife, mother and

homemaker and was ac-

tive at the farm in a

variety of ways. They

resided at Ryder until No-

vember, 1973 when they

moved to Minot. The fol-

lowing years were alter-

nated between Ryder and

Minot with the winter

months over the last 30

years being spent in Mesa,

AZ.

Donna was a member of

Christ Lutheran Church –

Minot and St. John’s Luth-

eran Church – Ryder. She

was a member of a Ryder

area homemakers group

and especially enjoyed

golfing, bowling, card-

playing and baking.

Donna’s loving family

includes: her husband of

68 years Donald; children:

Debra (Dan) Skarsgard of

Christine ND, Jeff (Ber-

nell) Haugen of Mesa AZ,

Brad (Tami) Haugen of

Garrison and Janelle

(Dennis) Wunderlich of

Velva; grandchildren:

Heather (Jeff) Christian-

sen, Holly (Ryan) Erick-

son, Brock (Pegah) Skars-

gard, Johanna (Nathan)

Roten, Jayme (Landon)

Franklin, Ryan (Amanda)

Haugen, Tyler Haugen,

Tabitha (Mike) Wilber,

Chris Wunderlich and

Brent (Rebekah) Wunder-

lich, Kelsey, Shelby and

Allison Wunderlich; step-

grandchildren: Joshua and

Jeremy Hackney;

numerous

great-grandchildren;

brother: Eldon (Doris) Hill

of Northfield, MN and

numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Donna was preceded in

death by: her parents,

daughter-in-law: Laurie,

granddaughter Jennifer,

sister and brother-in-law:

Gail (Jim) Brisson and in-

fant sister: Sandra.

Celebration of the Life

of Donna Haugen: Satur-

day, October 19, 2019 at

10:30 a.m. in Christ Luth-

eran Church – Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park – Minot.

Visitation: Friday from

2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

in Thomas Family Funeral

Home – Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to the Roseglen Cemetery

Endowment Fund for the

perpetual care of the

cemetery.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.