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Aug. 10, 1927-Dec. 12, 2020
Phyllis Abrahamson,
93, Minot, ND, was called
to the Lord, Saturday, De-
cember 12, 2020, at Edge-
wood Vista Assisted Liv-
ing in Minot.
Phyllis Leone Bondly
was born on August 10,
1927, on a farm south of
Minot where she was
reared and attended
Minot schools along with
5 brothers and 4 sisters.
On November 19, 1943,
she met and married the
love of her life, her loving
husband of 65 years and
best friend, Melvin Abra-
hamson. They resided on
the family farm south of
Surrey for 60 wonderful
years, where they had
four children, Ronald,
Roxanne, Linda and Ran-
dy. She loved the farm life
dearly, upon retiring in
2002, they sold the family
farm and moved to Minot
due to Melvin's health,
whom she cared for, for
four years before he went
to the Lord, she resided
their until the last four
years she has called Edge-
wood Vista her home.
Along with her strong
faith and devotion she
was the strength and love
who kept it all together
for her family no matter
what life has thrown at
her. She was always guid-
ed by her strong faith in
God.
She was a lifetime
member of St. Leo the
Great Catholic Church
and belonged to the
Church Confraternity St.
Joan of Arc Guild which
she was very active in for
many years and helped
out with many church du-
ties and activities.
Phyllis's enjoyments of
life were being a wife, a
loving mother, a best
friend and always there to
give a helping hand to
others. The devoted love
and dedication to spend-
ing time with all of her
grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren
always put a smile on her
face. She loved the farm
life, and worked very hard
at it. She also loved bak-
ing. A passion of hers was
sewing, which she did a
lot. She also loved having
coffee get togethers with
her lady friends after
moving to Minot.
Another great passion
of hers was shopping. She
loved it and could spend
hours doing it. She was a
4-H leader for several
years and belonged to the
Eagles Club, where most
Saturday night's her and
Melvin would go eat
shrimp, their favorite, and
dancing with all their
farm friends. She also was
a young girl who loved ice
skating.
Her loving family in-
cludes: sister, Donna Lee,
Manhattan Beach, CA;
sister-in-law, Alma Bond-
ly; children, Roxanne
Corum, Minot, Linda
(Don) Severson, Spring,
TX, Randy (Anne) Abra-
hamson, Minot;
daughter-in-law, Cindy
Abrahamson, Hettinger,
ND; grandchildren,
Shawn (Kim) Rasmuson,
Scott Rasmuson, Tanya
Vollmer-Bodensteiner,
Carla (Carl)
Severson-Roberts, Jerid
Abrahamson, Melissa
(Greg) De Salvo, Jaime
(Steve) Gingras, and Ken-
ny Abrahamson; 12
great-grandchildren; 9
great-great-grandchildren;
niece, Pam (Bob) Her-
rington, who held a place
in mom's heart. She came
to mom's house weekly
for several years to do
mom's hair. Pam and Bob
were always there when-
ever they were needed; as
well as numerous nieces,
nephews, cousins and
many great long-time
friends.
A special thank you to
her other family these
past 4 years, Edgewood
Vista Assisted Living and
Memory Care/Cookies
Cottage, where she dearly
loved them all but had a
loving special bond with
Krissy, she always said
everyone is so sweet and
they treated her like a
Queen and that always
put a smile on her face.
Also a thank you to Car-
ing Edge Hospice and
their wonderful staff for
their special care and
compassion they gave our
mother until the end.
She was preceded in
death by her parents;
Husband, Melvin; five
brothers; three sisters;
son, Ronald Abrahmason;
grandchildren, Tammy
Vollmer-Weidner, Eric
Severson, Robin Rasmu-
son, Kevin Abrahamson;
sons-in-law, Oscar Corum
and Leon Rasmuson; and
many other relatives and
friends.
Celebrating the Life of
Phyllis:
Due to the Coronavirus
Pandemic, A Private Mass
of Christian Burial will
be held: Wednesday, De-
cember 16, 2020, at 10:30
am at St. Leo the Great
Catholic Church, Minot,
ND. The family en-
courages those attending
to wear masks and social
distance.
A Private Interment:
Rosehill Memorial Park,
Minot, ND.
Visitation: Tuesday
from 4 to 6 p.m. at
Thompson-Larson Fun-
eral Home, Minot.
Memorials: In lieu of
flowers, memorials are
preferred St. Jude's
Children's Hospital or to
an organization of the
donor's choice.
Those wishing to sign
the online register and
share memories may ac-
cess the online obituaries
section at
(www.thompsonlarson.
com).