Agnes Larcombe

Agnes Larcombe

(Burke) of Minot passed

away on September 4th at

Edgewood Vista Memory

Care.

Agnes was born to John

and Carrie Burke (St.

Peter) on July 18, 1921 in

Hartland, North Dakota.

She moved to the “big

city” of Minot to attend

St. Leo’s beginning in 9th

grade, graduated from

Minot Business College,

and worked at Minot Dai-

ly News.

She met her husband,

Charles Larcombe, of

Southampton, England, in

1943. Charles, a World

War II Royal Air Force pi-

lot instructor, was sta-

tioned in Estevan,

Saskatchewan and was in-

troduced to Agnes

through mutual friends on

the 4th of July. It was love

at first hand shake, as

Agnes informed friends

that day, “I just met the

man I’m going to marry.”

Charles was sent back

into the World War II Eu-

ropean theater, but they

wrote regularly. Charles

asked her to marry, so

Agnes took the Queen El-

izabeth steamship to Eng-

land in 1946 and the farm

girl married the brave

British airman.

The couple, plus first

child Carolynn (Peterson),

returned to Berthold in

1948 and eventually set-

tled in Minot. Sons Rich

and Wayne soon followed.

Agnes later returned to

work at Lowe’s Printing,

Dean Witter, Bremer

(American Bank), and

Choice Hotels. The

Larcombe’s were charter

members of Little Flower

parish. Charles passed

away in 1988.

Agnes spent countless

hours volunteering for the

Little Flower Finance

Committee and Trinity

Hospital/Nursing Home.

The Larcombe’s took

numerous trips back to

Charles’ native England

and also enjoyed visiting

Las Vegas. In later years,

Agnes visited friends,

family, and religious sites

in Illinois, Florida,

Hawaii, Switzerland, and

Rome.

Agnes is survived by:

her three children, Caro-

lynn (Jon) Peterson, Rich

(Cindy) Larcombe, and

Wayne (Lola) Larcombe;

five grandchildren, Brian

and Kevin (Jennifer)

Peterson, Dan, Jackie, and

Katy Larcombe; three

great-grandchildren, Pay-

ton, Brady, and Ace,

nephew Bill (Elaine)

Burke, and nieces Jean

Stewart and Gwenda Har-

man.

Agnes was preceded in

death by: her parents;

husband Charles, brother

Gene (Ethel) Burke, and

nephew Jerry Burke.

Agnes is greatly missed

by family and friends, but

her positive demeanor

and example of true faith,

even in the face of hard-

ship, remain forever in

their hearts.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Thursday. September

10, 2020 at 10:30 am at

Little Flower Catholic

Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 5 to 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND.

Vigil Prayer Service:

Wednesday at 7 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot, ND.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to

YouTube

https://www.youtube.

com/channel/UCkw5w

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Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at www.thompson

larson.com.