Ruth Belzer

Ruth Belzer, 83, Minot,

formerly of Velva, went to

her eternal home on Tues-

day, December 3, 2019 in

a Minot Hospital sur-

rounded by her loving

family.

Ruth was born De-

cember 5, 1935 at Minot,

ND, the daughter of Elmer

and Bertha (Buseth)

Hatlestad. She was raised

and educated at Velva and

graduated from Velva

High School in 1953.

She attended Northwest

Nazarene College at Nam-

pa, ID from 1953-54 and

later Mary College at

Bismarck.

Ruth was united in

marriage to Verne Belzer

on December 26, 1955 in

Velva. She was em-

ployed for a short time

with the City of Minot

Assessor’s office as a

stenographer and for six

months with the Velva

Drug Store. They made

their home in Cut Bank,

MT, Velva and Minot,

where along with raising

their six children, she was

employed with the Minot

Head Start program for

more than 40 years. She

retired in 2015. Verne

died April 29, 2002.

Ruth was a longtime

member of Southside

Church of the Nazarene,

Minot, where she was ac-

tive as the Church pianist

and in many other roles.

She also was a member of

the Nazarene World Mis-

sion Society, ND Associa-tion for the Education of

the Young and the TOPS

& KOPS Clubs.

Ruth enjoyed sewing,

selling toys and gifts, sew-

ing items for her children,

playing the accordion, pi-

ano and organ, along with

singing. She loved spend-

ing time with her family,

especially her grandchil-

dren and great grandchil-

dren.

Her loving family in-

cludes: children, Sid

(Denese) Belzer, Garrison,

Lamica Belzer, Minot, De-

lynn (Eddie) Fitch, Shel-

by, NC, Millicent (Scott)

Grosz, Northville, MI, Rod

(Tracey) Belzer, Garrison

and Rick (Tracy) Belzer,

Minot; 21 grandchildren,

many foster grandchildren

and 13 great grandchil-

dren; numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Ruth was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band, Verne; grandson,

Todd Fitch; siblings, Bet-

sy Herrell, Dorothy

Michelson, Ida Hollinger,

Carl, Howard and Elmo

Hatlestad and infant sister

Ada.

Celebration of Life ser-

vice: Friday, December 6,

2019 at 2:00 p.m. in

Southside Church of the

Nazarene, located at 2220

24th Ave SE, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Thursday,

December 5th from

5:00-7:00 p.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Memorials: preferred to

the Southside Church of

the Nazarene Building

Fund.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at

(www.thomasfamilyfuner

alhome.com)