Jill Luchsinger

Jill Luchsinger, 82,

Minot and formerly of rur-

al Surrey died on Thurs-

day, November 5, 2020 in

a Minot hospital.

Jill Claire was born on

December 30, 1937 in

Minot to Harold and

Kathryn (Frost) Dickin-

son. She was raised on a

farm near Surrey, attend-

ed school in Surrey and

graduated from Surrey

High School in 1956. As a

young adult she was em-

ployed at Minot Imple-

ment.

Jill married L. Curtis

Luchsinger on November

9, 1957 at St. Leo’s Cathol-

ic Church – Minot. They

made their home on a

farm in Surrey Township

of Ward County, north of

Surrey, where they raised

small grains and sun-

flowers for many years.

They retired from farming

in 1995 and moved to

Minot in 2004. L. Curtis

died on November 6,

2019.

Jill was a member of

Our Lady of Grace Cathol-

ic Church and a former

longtime member of St.

Leo’s Catholic Church. An

active member of the

Surrey community, she

was a member of the

P.T.A., & Music Boosters

and was a poll worker and

election judge for many

years. She especially en-

joyed music, baking,

cooking, rodeos and mak-

ing fleece blankets for her

grandchildren and others.

Jill’s loving family in-

cludes her children: Loree

Lovdahl of Phoenix, AZ,

Jan Luchsinger of Minot

and Melisa Healy of Lay-

ton, Utah; grandchildren:

Lanna Lovdahl, Meghan

Healy, Lacie, Savana,

Dakota and Madison

Luchsinger, and Lane

Johnson; great grandchil-

dren: Skylynn and Lakin;

brother: Keith (Linda)

Dickinson; in-laws: Mil-

ton (Deanna), Burton &

Kenny Luchsinger, Leone

Brusven & Lois Luchs-

inger, and several nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Jill was preceded in

death by her parents, hus-

band, brother: Eugene

Dickinson, brothers-

in-law: Paul & Donald

Luchsinger and Dale

Brusven; sisters-in-law:

Marilyn Butler, Bev

Luchsinger and Audrey

Dickinson; nephews: Tim

& Bill Dickinson & E.P.

Luchsinger; niece: Susan

Dickinson and step niece:

Tiffany Lozensky.

Private Mass of Chris-

tian Burial: Monday, No-

vember 16, 2020 at 10:30

a.m. in Our Lady of Grace

Catholic Church – Minot.

Public Visitation: Sun-

day from 1:00 to 3:00 pm

in Thomas Family Funeral

Home – Minot. Face cover-

ings are required and so-

cial distancing is strongly

recommended.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park – Minot.

Memorials are pre-

ferred to Our Lady of

Grace Catholic Church –

Minot.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com