Iona Fried

Iona Fried, 93, Minot,

died Thursday, October 3,

2019 in a Minot nursing

home.

Iona was born April 3,

1926, in Max, North Dako-

ta the daughter of John

and Katherine (Fink-

beiner) Flath. She was

raised and educated in

Max and graduated from

Max High School in 1944.

She was employed in

Garrison prior to her mar-

riage to Rienhold “Rienie”

Fried on November 25,

1944, at Max. They made

their home in rural Garris-on on a farmstead in

McLean County. They

moved to Minot in 1950,

where along with raising

their five children, she

was employed as a nurs-

ing assistant at Trinity

Hospital for approximate-ly 25 years. Rienhold died

October 26, 1998. She

continued to live in Minot

after her husband’s death.

Iona was a member of

First Presbyterian Church

in Minot and was current-ly attending Our

Redeemer’s Church. She

did volunteer work at

Trinity Hospital, Minot

Public Library and with

Trinity Auxiliary and

Trinity Homes. She en-

joyed gardening, especial-ly tending to her flowers,

along with crocheting,

knitting, reading and fish-

ing. She and Rienie had

also served as camp-

ground hosts in North

Dakota and Alaska.

Her loving family in-

cludes: children, Corliss

(James) Walker, Perrys-

burg, OH, Cheryl

Stephens, Ferndale, WA,

Warren (Sonya) Fried,

Minot, Glenn Fried, Minot

and Katherine Neer, Lake-

land, Florida; 9 grandchil-dren; 18

great-grandchildren and 2

great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by: her parents;

husband of 54 years,

Rienhold; and a

son-in-law, Terry

Stephens.

Funeral service: Mon-

day, October 14, 2019 at

10:00 a.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Sunday, Oc-

tober 13th from 2:00-4:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to Trinity Hospital Foun-

dation or Hospital Auxili-ary.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.