Delphine Meier

Delphine Delores Meier,

89, longtime Minot

resident, died Wednes-

day, January 22, 2020 in a

Minot hospital.

Delphine was born July

25, 1930 at Barton, North

Dakota, the daughter of

Oscar and Mathilda

(Aamodt) Thornby. She

was raised and educated

at Barton and moved with

her family to Minot dur-

ing the 1940’s. She gra-

duated from Minot High

School in 1948 and dur-

ing her younger years was

employed with the Red

Owl Grocery Store as a

bookkeeper.

Delphine was united in

marriage to Raymond

Meier on August 25, 1956

in Minot. They lived in

Bismarck for a year, be-

fore returning to Minot in

1958, where they raised

their two children. Ray-

mond died March 25,

2012. She had made her

home most recently at

Edgewood Vista and then

Trinity Homes.

Delphine enjoyed cro-

cheting, reading, traveling

and spending time at their

lake home on Lake Audu-

bon. She was a longtime

member of St. Leo’s The

Great Catholic Church,

Minot.

Delphine’s loving fami-

ly includes: children,

Steven (Jennifer) Meier,

Wellington, New Zealand

and Rebecca “Becky”

(Mark) Welsch, Surrey; 3

grandchildren to include:

John & Thomas Meier and

Jacob (Carly) Welsch;

brother, Marvin (Janet)

Thornby, Garrison.

Delphine was preceded

in death by: her parents,

husband of 56 years, Ray-

mond, along with an in-

fant daughter, Susan Ann

and a grandson, Shaun.

Funeral Service: Satur-

day, January 25, 2020 at

11:00 a.m. in Thomas

Family Funeral Home,

Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Friday, Janu-

ary 24th from 4:00-6:00

p.m. in the Thomas Fami-

ly Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to Caring Edge Hospice,

Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomas

familyfuneralhome.com).