Cheryl “Sherry” Kabanuk

Cheryl “Sherry” Marie

(Huizenga) Kabanuk, 70,

Minot, ND, passed away

Monday, May 25, 2020 at

a Minot hospital.

Sherry was born June

10, 1949 to Orrie and Gla-

dys (Sampson) Huizenga

in Minot. She attended

the rural grade school in

Waterford Township, NW

of Minot. She graduated

as the salutatorian from

Des Lacs High School in

1967.

Sherry enlisted in the

United States Navy and

served from 1971-1973,

and this is where she be-

gan her career as a nurse.

She later went back to col-

lege and became a re-

gistered nurse. She was

employed for 25 years at

Trinity Medical Center of

Minot. She worked on the

geriatric floor and loved

taking care of her

“grandmas and grandpas”.

Sherry was so knowledge-able about medical issues

and was the entire

family’s source for advice.

She did a wonderful job

helping her parents and as

caregiver for her mother

who had lost her sight

due to diabetes.

On September 25, 1992,

Sherry married Raymond

Kabanuk. They made their

home in SE Minot until

Ray’s passing in in 2008.

Sherry’s home was flood-

ed in 2011, so she moved

to the family farm with

her brother, Leon.

Sherry loved and cher-

ished talking on the

phone with her aunts dai-

ly, and together they

solved most of the world’s

problems. She was a very

talented classical piano

player. She loved her

niece, nephews and

great-nephew and really

enjoyed searching high

and low for all of the

coolest toys for their

birthdays and holidays

and watching their eyes

light up with surprise.

Surviving family in-

cludes: Brothers, Larry

Huizenga, Lee (Jane)

Huizenga and Leon

Huizenga; nephews,

Shawn Huizenga, Devin

Huizenga and Alex

Huizenga; niece, Sara

Huizenga; great-nephew,

Emmett Huizenga; aunts,

Doris Mittlieder and

Helen Mork; uncle, Harry

Huizenga; many cousins;

and Ray’s children and

grandchildren.

Sherry was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band, Ray Kabanuk; infant

brother, Loren; and

sister-in-law, Rhonda

Huizenga.

Public Graveside Ser-

vice: Saturday, June 6,

2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Sun-

set Memorial Gardens,

Minot, ND. Pastor Curt

Hanson will preside. Due

to the Coronavirus Pan-

demic, please observe so-

cial distancing. The ser-

vice will be recorded for

the public to view and

can be accessed by going

to YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/

channel/UCkw5wBH7W_I

UwKUcuLvhgOw.

Memorials: In lieu of

flowers and plants,

memorials are preferred

to Vets4Warriors

(www.vets4warriors.com),

which is a nonprofit call

center for veteran issues

and support which Sherry

also reached out to.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompsonlarson.co

m).