Floy Huizenga

Floy S. Huizenga, 89,

Henderson, NV, passed

away Tuesday, June 9,

2020, in St. Rose Domini-

can Hospital following

emergency heart surgery.

Floy Loretta Strain was

born on April 28, 1931,

the daughter of Floyd T.

and Laura O. (Meland)

Strain at home in Minot,

ND. She was raised in

Minot and attended

Washington Elementary

School, was confirmed at

Zion Lutheran Church

and graduated from Minot

High School in 1949.

Floy married Devane

Maurine Langseth on June

29, 1949, at Zion Lutheran

Church, Minot. From this

marriage, their three chil-

dren, Melody, Laurel, and

Darwin were born. After

many years, they di-

vorced.

Floy began her banking

career at First National

Bank starting as a bank

teller and retired as a vice

president at the same

bank.

Floy was an active

member of Zonta, Sweet

Adelines, and Beta Sigma

Phi. She was the first

woman to serve as a coun-

cil member on the Zion

Lutheran Church Board.

She was one of the first

two women to attain the

title of vice president at

First National Bank. She

also acted as a Big Sister

in the Big Sister, Big

Brother Program in Minot.

Floy always put her

family first. She was a

loving and devoted

daughter, sister, wife,

sister-in-law, aunt, moth-

er, grandmother, and

great-grandmother. Floy

spent hours searching for

the perfect cards for fami-

ly members’ birthdays

and other special occa-

sions. She will be fondly

and lovingly remembered

for her warm and loving

nature, her beautiful

smile and for the beautiful

Christmas stockings she

created for multiple gen-

erations of her family.

Floy ensured her chil-

dren were exposed to mu-

sical endeavors to include

musical instruments,

dancing, and singing at

church.

She nursed Devane

back to health twice: fol-

lowing the removal of a

brain tumor and several

years later after a traumat-ic brain injury.

Floy married Roger

Huizenga October 26,

1980, at Little Church of

the West in Las Vegas,

NV. They were happily

married for 40 years resid-

ing in San Marcos, CA,

and then later moved to

Henderson, NV. Floy as-

sisted in the care of Roger

after multiple surgeries in

recent years. Floy and

Roger enjoyed playing

Bingo regularly with a

group of close friends.

Surviving family in-

cludes: husband, Roger D.

Huizenga, Henderson,

NV; children, Melody D.

(Everett) Thomas, Viera,

FL; Laurel R. (Norman, Jr.)

Livingston, Minot, ND;

Darwin F. (Nancy) Lang-

seth, Surprise, AZ;

grandchildren, Heather R.

(Shawn) Eising, West Mel-

bourne, FL, Brian T.R.

Thomas, Viera, FL,

Everett H. (Catherine)

Thomas Jr., Brandon, FL,

Maren E. Livingston,

Minot, ND, Nicholas P.

(Casey) Langseth, Maple

Grove, MN, Rev. Annie

Langseth, Garrison, ND;

great-grandchildren, Ta-

tum, Melina, and Logan

Eising, River Thomas,

Everett III, Kyra and Ray-

mond Thomas, Evange-

line and Harley Langseth;

sisters, Joyce E. (Warren)

Brey, Shirley A. Frey;

sister-in-law, Ardith

Strain; sisters-in-law

Sharon Kimball, Rachel

Hanson, Vivian Zucker-

man, Nancy LaDoucer,

Lona Langseth and Doret-

ta Voight; and numerous

nieces and nephews.

Floy was preceded in

death by: her parents, in-

fant sister, Judith Strain;

brother, Marlowe Strain;

sister, Karen (Ronald, de-

ceased) Laign; former

spouse, Devane M. Lang-

seth; father-in-law, Deo-

dor Langseth;

mother-in-law, Selma

(Ronshaugen) Langseth;

sisters-in-law, Suellen

Geyer, Greta Langseth,

Onie Langseth and Bonnie

Huizenga; infant

brother-in-law Duane

Langseth; brothers-in-law,

Garvin Langseth, Lance

Langseth, Sandy Lang-

seth, Ronald Laign, Robert

Frey and Lyle Huizenga;

and several nieces and

nephews.

Please join us in

remembering Floy S.

Huizenga by visiting her

memorial online at

www.dignitymemorial.

com/obituaries/henderson

-nv/floy-huizenga-921692

0.

A memorial service for

Floy will be held on July

14, 2020 at 11:00 am at

First Lutheran Church in

Minot, North Dakota.

Floy’s cremated remains

will be inurned at Rose

Hill Cemetery in Minot.