LaVonne Hensen

LaVonne M. Hensen,

82, Glenburn, ND, died

Monday, November 23rd,

2020, in a Mandan hospi-

tal.

LaVonne Marie Tofstad

was born on May 1, 1938,

along with her twin broth-

er LaVern, the daughter of

Theodore and Edna (New-

man) Tofstad in Minot,

ND. She was raised on

the family farm south of

Minot, where she attend-

ed Harmony Country

School through the 8th

grade. After the 8th

grade, she transferred to

Minot High School. Dur-

ing her high school years,

she worked at the Super-

Valu Grocery Store.

LaVonne was first unit-

ed in marriage to Alan

Woods. Together they

had a son, Brad. Alan

was in the military, and

they made their home in

Washington and Ken-

tucky before returning to

North Dakota. LaVonne

worked at an Assisted Liv-

ing Facility while in

Washington, and she

worked for Auran Chev-

rolet in Minot. Alan died

in 1972. She then

worked at Cenex Seed in

Minot, and it was at

Cenex Seed where she

met the love of her life,

Dennis Hensen.

On February 14th,

1974, LaVonne, was unit-

ed in marriage to Dennis,

in Minot. They made

their home on the Hensen

farm near Glenburn, ND,

where she was a

homemaker and assisted

Dennis in the operations

of the farm. In April of

1979 their daughter,

Melanie Kay, was born.

LaVonne was very active

within the city of Glen-

burn, serving on the Elec-

tion Committee, and the

Development Board.

She was a member of

St. Philomena’s Catholic

Church in Glenburn,

where she was active

within the Altar Society

and did lots of sewing for

the church. She was in

Homemakers and in

several Bowling Leagues.

She also was an excellent

seamstress, sewing for

family and friends. She

made prom dresses,

bridesmaid dresses, al-

tered many wedding

dresses, and made hun-

dreds of quilts. You name

it, she did it! LaVonne

really enjoyed quilting.

She donated lots and lots

of quilts, gave many away

to various Assisted Living

Facilities, and the YWCA.

She was also an excellent

caregiver for her entire

family, and loved spend-

ing time with her family

and friends.

She enjoyed card play-

ing, crocheting, cooking,

Sudoku, playing Solitaire

on the computer, baking

caramel rolls, buns, cho-

colate chip cookies,

elephant ears, brownies,

and making potato salad.

She made excellent

homemade pizza, as

well. She loved the

color red! LaVonne

loved going to games, and

watching games online, to

cheer on her Grand-

daughters, Emma and

Mila. They were in Soft-

ball, Basketball, Volley-

ball, and other various ac-

tivities. She was a lov-

ing Wife, Mother, Grand-

mother, Great Grandmoth-er, Sister, Aunt, and

friend. She will be

missed by everyone that

knew her.

She is survived by her

Husband of 46 years,

Dennis; Children: Brad

(Diane) Woods, Melanie

(Ben) Jones; six

Grandchildren: Sheila

(companion Mike Eurek)

Woods, Erin (Wyatt)

Werner, Emma and Mila

Jones, Danny and Breanna

Garman; six Great-

Grandchildren: David,

Russia and Alia Eurek,

Lorelai Herbert, Stryker

and Coraline Wern-

er. Siblings: LaVern

(Anna) Tofstad, Vera (Ter-

ry) Woelber, Carol

(Chuck) Strain, Julie (Ter-

ry) Markle; Brothers and

Sisters-in-law: Glen Dunk-

el, Ron (Donna) Hensen,

Rich (Dianne) Hensen.

Several Nieces, Nephews,

and Cousins also sur-

vive.

LaVonne was preceded

in death by her Parents,

Infant Daughter-Darla

Mae, Brother-Ronnie

Tofstad, and Sister-Jean

Dunkel.

The family would like

to thank all those who

cared for LaVonne, espe-

cially Trinity Home

Health, which made her

last 15 months at home

possible. Also, thank you

to all of you who have

been so kind and thought-

ful at this most difficult

time. Your love and

friendship, now, and

throughout the years, has

meant so much to all of

us. May God Bless the

memory of LaVonne.

Visitation: Monday,

November 30, 2020, from

5 until 7 pm at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home Chapel, Minot

Family Vigil Prayer Ser-

vice: Monday, November

30, 2020, at 7 pm at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home Chapel,

Minot.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Tuesday, December 1,

2020, at 10:30 am at Little

Flower Catholic Church,

Minot Those wishing

to watch the funeral mass

via livestream may do so

at https://www.youtube.

com/channel/

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Burial: Tuesday at

12:30 pm at St. Philo-

mena’s Catholic Ceme-

tery, Glenburn, ND.

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot