Carol E. Reif

home on Thursday, De-

cember 12, 2019 while in

the Souris Valley Care

Center in Velva.

Memorial services will

be held on Friday, De-

cember 20, 2019 at 11:00

am at St. Paul Lutheran

Church in Garrison. Buri-

al will be in the spring at

the North Dakota Veterans

Cemetery.

Carol was born No-

vember 29, 1937 in Aitk-

en, MN, the daughter of

William and Emily (John-

son) Otto Sr. She was the

8th children born of 10.

She was raised and edu-

cated at the Traux Trear

Mine south of Velva.

She married Gerald Reif

on July 3, 1978 in Minot,

ND. Carol and Gerald

traveled to many states in

the U.S. for his work.

Carol loved sewing for

her daughters and grand-

daughter. She also quilt-

ed, cross stitched, em-

broidered and played a

mean game of pinochle.

She played the base guitar

for the Country Three

Band and numerous other

bands around North

Dakota.

Carol is survived by:

her daughters, Diana Stra-

chen, Janet (Mike Mertz)

Herman, and Deanna

(Randy) Hunter; grand-

daughter, Emily Schiele;

grandson, Dalton Hunter,

all of Karlsruhe, ND; sis-

ter, Joyce Teigan;

brother-in-law, Richard

(Susan) Reif;

sisters-in-law, Janet Reif

and Helen Otto; Rita (Al)

Moldren; several nieces

and nephews, great-

nieces and nephews,

great-great-nieces and

nephews, great-

great-great-nieces and

nephews and her beloved

dog, Peggy Sue.

She was preceded in

death by: her husband

Gerald, parents, sisters,

Wanda Brevig, Julia Sand-

berg, Sharon Klimpel,

brothers, William Jr., Gor-

don, Albert, Orville and

Kenneth, sisters-in-law,

Marie Otto, Renae Caylar,

Sharon Kennedy,

brothers-in-law, Albert

Brevig, Milo Sandberg,

Dean Teigan, Melvin

Klimpel, Roger Reif,

son-in-law, Raymond

Strachen, and several

nieces and nephews.

To sign the online regis-

ter go to www.garrison

thompson.com.