Lorraine Frances Welk
Jan. 14, 1927-Jan. 6, 2021
Lorraine Frances Welk,
the daughter of Martin
and Mable (Westgard)
Fosness was born on
January 14, 1927 in Pierce
County, North Dakota.
She died at the age of 93
years on Wednesday,
January 6, 2021 at the
Heart of America Care
Center in Rugby, North
Dakota.
She married Carl C.
Welk on November 2,
1945.
She is survived by: her
children, Marlin (Bea) of
Rugby, Linda (Ron) Wolf
of Fargo, Wayne (Barb) of
Willow City and Jay (Tra-
cie) of Willow City; 10
grandchildren; 20 great
grandchildren; one
great-great grandchild; si-
blings, Merle Ness and El-
vera Fedje.
Funeral services will be
held at 11:00 a.m. Satur-
day, January 16 at St. Paul
Lutheran Church in Rug-
by with burial at 12:00
noon in the Marker
Cemetery, rural Rugby.
Visitation will be from
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Fri-
day with a prayer service
and sharing of memories
beginning at 6:00 p.m. at
the Anderson Funeral
Home in Rugby. Visita-
tion will continue on Sa-
turday for one hour prior
to the time of services at
the church. The service
will be live-streamed on
the funeral homes
YouTube page, to view
visit their website and the
link can be found below
his obituary.
To read the full obitu-
ary and sign the online
guestbook visit:
www.funerals
byanderson.com.
(Anderson Funeral
Home, Rugby, ND)