Helen Moberg

MOHALL – Helen

Moberg, 96, Mohall, died

Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, at

a Bottineau nursing home,

grateful to have spent her

final years close to her

roots in the Good Samari-

tan Society-Bottineau.

Helen was known for

her wit and laughter.

Raised in Willow City,

Helen was a dedicated

wife to her husband of 74

years and devoted and

loving mother to her nine

children.

Born Helen Marie

Lyngstad on Dec. 8, 1923,

to Ole and Ida (Rockvoy)

Lyngstad, she was bap-

tized in the rural Bot-

tineau County Norwegian

Evangelical Lutheran

Church and rode the

school bus driven by her

father. After schooling she

and sister, Adeline, seized

an opportunity when they

were approached by a

man who came to their

farm looking for help in

his Mohall cafe. She met

Lloyd Moberg there and

they were married Aug. 3,

1943, in Plentywood,

Mont. The couple farmed

northwest of Mohall fol-

lowing his service in

World War II. During one

especially hard winter, 12

weeks elapsed before

Helen could leave the

farm.

They bought some land

and moved their young

family to two miles west

of Mohall. She worked at

the admissions desk at the

Renville/Bottineau County

Memorial Hospital and he

worked on a diversified

farm. Then Lloyd took

employment with Stan-

dard Oil in Sherwood,

where they also owned

and operated L&H Market

grocery store for six years.

While living in the lake

cottage at Lake Metigoshe

and the town of Bottineau

for a brief time, they

planned to purchase the

Mohall Motel in 1977.

Within a few years, they

were able to retire and

build a home back on the

farm. They embarked on

travel in earnest and even-

tually toured all 50 states

visiting children scattered

across the United States

and Canada.

Helen devoted a great

deal of herself over the

years to serving her com-

munity and women’s or-

ganizations. She was ac-

tive at local and district

levels in the Brandon

Busy Bee Homemakers

Club, Study Club, Ren-

ville County Historical So-

ciety Board, and the

American Legion Auxili-

ary. In leisure times she

enjoyed playing rag time

piano, square dancing,

and polka dancing. She

was celebrated for her ex-

traordinary bread making,

and she mentored some of

her sons and daughters on

how to prepare and enjoy

lutefisk and lefse.

Family: Helen is sur-

vived by seven of her chil-

dren, Cassandra (Frank)

Barrett, Fallon, Nev.,

Mark (Eileen Peterson)

Moberg, Sun Lakes, Ariz.,

Leann (Craig) Knutson,

Ashville, Manitoba, Virgil

(Jan Brown) Moberg, War-

fordsburg, Pa., Kristie

(Larry) Breitung, Belle

Plaine, Minn., John (Tina

Ring) Moberg, Washburn,

and Hallie (Todd) Burnett.

Pensacola, Fla.;

daughter-in-law, Sally

Moberg, Gold Canyon,

Ariz., 17 grandchildren

and 29

great-grandchildren, one

great-great-grandchild,

sister, Inez (Nick) Harper,

Winter Haven, Fla., and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

Helen was preceded in

death by: her parents; her

husband Lloyd Moberg,

who died July 17, 2016;

brothers, Arthur Lyngstad

and Vernon Lyngstad; sis-

ters, Adeline Johnson and

Lois Johnson; son, Ken-

neth Moberg; and

daughter Julane (aka Bun-

ny), her husband David

Eaton and their son, Jeff

Eaton.

Graveside Service: 2

p.m., Friday, Oct. 2, 2020,

at McKinney Cemetery,

rural Tolley. Please follow

social distancing guide-

lines. A link to a video of

the graveside service will

be posted to her online

obituary after the service.

Burial: McKinney

Cemetery, rural Tolley.

Visitation: 2 to 6 p.m.,

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at

Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall. Friends may also

sign the online guestbook

at brosefuneralhome.com.

Memorials: Memorials

preferred to the Mohall

Ambulance Service and

the American Cancer So-

ciety.

(Brose Funeral Home,

Mohall)