Jeanice Peterson Officer

Peterson Officer, 92,

Minot, ND, formerly of

Ryder, ND passed away

Thursday, November 28,

2019, at her residence.

Jeanice Lorraine Skogen

and her twin sister,

Jeanette, were born on

July 23, 1927, the

daughters of Carl and

Gunhild (Iverson) Skogen,

in Roseglen, ND. They

were raised on a farm and

attended Deepwater Ele-

mentary School near

Roseglen and graduated

from Ryder High School

in 1945. She attended

Minot State University for

one year and then one

year at St. Olaf College in

Northfield, MN. After her

education, she taught in

rural schools for four

years.

Jeanice married Lloyd

C. Peterson on September

19, 1948, at Bethlehem

Lutheran Church, rural

Roseglen. They esta-

blished their own home-

stead near Ryder in Anna

Township, Ward County

in 1951. They had three

children, Marcia, Bruce

and Nancy. Jeanice was

active in the Ryder Com-

munity and was a

member of St. John’s

Lutheran Church, where

she taught Sunday School

for over 20 years, a

member of the Ladies

Aide and her church cir-

cle. Along with her twin

sister, Jeanette, they or-

ganized a 4-H club and

was a charter member of

the Stitch & Chatter Birth-

day Club and Busy Bees

Homemakers Club. Her

husband Lloyd died April

30, 1978. Following her

husband’s death, she

remained on the farm and

worked at the Ryder Ex-

change.

On June 10, 1983, she

married George Officer

and they moved to Minot.

They spent many sum-

mers at their cabin near

Garrison, ND. They were

charter members of Bread

of Life Lutheran Church

and were very active

there. Jeanice was a

member of the Sons of

Norway, the Scandinavian

Heritage Center, the Ward

County Historical Society,

the Ward County Library

Board and was an active

volunteer at the Norsk

Hostfest. They moved into

Somerset Court in Oc-

tober of 2016.

Her loving family in-

cludes: husband, George

Officer, Minot; children,

Marcia (David) Haugen,

Minot, Bruce (Debbie)

Peterson, Ryder and Nan-

cy (Tom) Schuelke,

Chandler, AZ; grandchil-

dren, Chris (Carla) Hau-

gen, Jacqueline Haugen,

Melissa Haugen, Sara

(Brad) Schmidt, Curtis

(Nicole) Peterson, Saman-

tha (Lance) Cleland, Drew

Schuelke, Tyler Schuelke,

Todd (RaNae) Officer,

Troy Officer, Traci

(Nathan) French;

great-grandchildren, Kea-

nin Haugen, Stuart

Schmidt, Chaskee

Schmidt, Piper Schmidt,

Kiera Peterson, Savaya

Peterson, Kaylee Peterson,

Tyler Officer, Grace Off-

icer, Kayli French and

Tanner French;

sister-in-law, LeAnna Sko-

gen; brothers-in-law,

Russel Johansen, Bob

Thom;

stepdaughters-in-law,

Renee Best-Officer and

Kathy Officer; and

numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Jeanice was preceded

in death by: her parents;

husband, Lloyd C. Peter-

son; twin sister, Jeanette

Johansen; sisters, Marian

(Cliff) Bergan and Grace

(John) Hays; infant sister,

Marcella Skogen; broth-

ers, Irving and Carlyle

Skogen; stepsons, Michael

and Rodney Officer;

brothers-in-law and

sisters-in-law, Lial (Gla-

dys) Peterson, Leslie (Mil-

dred) Peterson, Layton

Peterson, Leonard (Agnes)

Peterson, Lucille (Rex)

Woods, Lillian (Allen)

Romsas, Lydia Peterson,

Lavina (Carl) Sauer, Laura

(Clayton) Erb, Luverna

(Ira) White, Lorraine (Fer-

die) Peterson, Lenora

(Wayne) Erb, LeRoy Peter-

son, Lynn (Gladys) Peter-

son, Leona (Ray) Zahnow,

Alvin (Eleanor) Officer,

and Eugene (Fern) Officer.

Funeral: Saturday, De-

cember 7, 2019, at 11:00

a.m. at Bread of Life Luth-

eran Church, Minot, ND.

Interment: Sunset

Memorial Gardens, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Friday from

5p.m. to 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to the Bethlehem

Lutheran Cemetery, Ryder

Community Club, and the

Ryder Historical Society.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at www.thompson

larson.com.