Betty Jane Anderson Bergman

Betty Jane Anderson

Bergman, 95, passed away

on Friday, September 25,

in Minot.

Betty was born in Stan-

ley, North Dakota on No-

vember 16, 1924 to Wade

and Thora (Sivertsen)

Anderson. She graduated

from Stanley High School

in 1942 and headed to the

west coast where she

worked as a welder on na-

val ships during WW II.

Upon returning to North

Dakota, she completed

nurse’s training at Trinity

Hospital School of Nurs-

ing in Minot, ND under

the US Cadet Nurse

Corps. She was stationed

in Williston, ND where

she met and married

Frederick P. Bergman in

1947. They lived in

Williston until 2005 when

they moved to Minot, ND.

They were married for al-

most 64 years until Fred’s

passing in March of 2011.

Betty was active in the

Williston Congregational

Church and an active

member of the Williston

PEO. She and Fred en-

joyed attending many

Shriner and Elk’s events.

Family and friends were

important to Betty. Her

brothers and sisters were

close, and all gathered to-

gether for holidays, or

made it a special occasion

when they got together.

She never missed a birth-

day or anniversary and

her grandchildren will

miss receiving “words of

wisdom” from her, which

she sent in every birthday

card.

She was well-known for

her delectable baking, as

attested to by her 5 chil-

dren and grandchildren,

who have enjoyed early

morning caramel rolls,

and by anyone fortunate

enough to stop by when

chocolate chip cookies

were being taken out of

the oven.

Upon retirement she

and Fred spent many

winters in Mesa, AZ in

addition to traveling to

France, England, Mexico,

and taking a Caribbean

cruise.

She is survived by: her

five children, Peter Berg-

man (Kim) of Rapid City,

SD; Pamela Crawford (Jay)

of Bismarck, ND; John

Bergman (Kim) of

Bismarck, ND; William

Bergman (Renee) of

Minot, ND; Bradley Berg-

man (Helen) of Minot,

ND; and grandchildren Ja-

son Bergman, Nathan

Bergman, Allison

Richards, Conan Craw-

ford, Scott Crawford,

Robert Bergman, John

Bergman, Eric Bergman,

Jenna Bergman; and seven

great-grandchildren; and

sisters Dorothy Boyer,

Grants Pass, OR; Joann

Anderson, Mesa, AZ; Bev-

erly Bouye, Redlands, CA;

brothers Richard Ander-

son, Mesa AZ; Lowell

Anderson, Medford, OR.

She was preceded in

death by: her husband

Fred, parents Wade and

Thora Anderson, brother

Carol Anderson, sisters

Marcelle Stevens and Lu-

cille Anderson.

A family service will be

held at the ND Veteran’s

Memorial Cemetery in

Mandan where she will be

buried with Fred.

Memorials may be sent

to the Shriner’s Hospital

for Children or the North

Dakota Veteran’s

Cemetery Foundation.

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot