Gloria Engen

Gloria Engen, 78,

Anamoose, passed away

Tuesday, December 15,

2020 at Trinity Health in

Minot. A private funeral

will be held Wednesday,

December 23 at 10:30

A.M. at St. Francis-Xavier

Catholic Church in

Anamoose with burial to

follow in the church

cemetery. This service

will be live streamed on

the following link: https://

www.facebook.com/

Prairie.Pothole.Parishes/

live/. Public visitation

will be held Tuesday from

5:00 P.M. to 7 P.M. at the

church, followed by a

private prayer service.

CDC recommendations in-

cluding social distancing,

wearing a mask, hand

sanitizing and staying

away if not feeling well

are encouraged. Arrange-

ments are with Nelson

Funeral Home of Drake.

Gloria Jean Rudnick,

daughter of Frank and Isa-

belle (Bruner) Rudnick,

was born August 9, 1942

in Harvey. The lived on a

farmstead north of

Anamoose until she was

5, when they moved to a

farm south of Anamoose.

Gloria attended

Anamoose Public School,

graduating in 1960. She

then attended Christy’s

School of Cosmetology in

Bismarck and worked in

Jamestown and New

Rockford as a hair beauti-

cian.

On October 7, 1963 she

married the love of her

life, William Engen, and

resided on the Engen fam-

ily farm south of

Anamoose. She helped

with field work, had dairy

and beef cattle and almost

every other farm animal at

one time or another. She

was also a Senior Com-

panion in and around the

Anamoose area for 15

years.

Gloria was a lifelong

member of St. Francis Xa-

vier Catholic Church in

Anamoose and a former

CCD teacher.

Gloria was always busy

cooking and baking

goodies. She enjoyed

fishing with her family,

gardening and travelling

to see family and friends.

She especially loved visits

from her kids, grandkids,

nieces and nephews.

She is survived by her

husband of 57 years, Wil-

liam; 2 sons, Rick (Renae)

of Fargo, Mark (Corinne)

of Anamoose; 2 daughters,

Marsha (Asbjorn) Haram

of Bergen, Norway and

Nancy of Harvey; 11

grandchildren, Phillip,

Nathan, Kaya, Ryan, Sean,

Adrian, Patrick,

Amanda(Adrian Lies), Jes-

sica (Daniel Wentz), Ni-

cholas and Andrew; 5

great-grandchildren,

Wyatt, Kristopher, So-

phia, Isabella and Theo; 3

sisters, Clara Ann (Don)

Mayer of Anamoose,

Judy(Jim) Boley of Minot

and Cindy Rudnick

(friend Dan Henes) of

Minot; and sister-in-law,

Roberta Rudnick (friend,

Chuck Leier) of Velva.

Gloria was preceded in

death by her parents; 2

brothers, LeRoy and

Robert; sister, Faith (Bun-

ny) Podolski; and grand-

daughter, Brittany Engen.

Blessed be Gloria’s

name.

Online condolences

may be shared at nelson-

funeral homesnd.com.