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Vietta Barden

May 22, 1947-Dec 27, 2020

Vietta Barden, 73,

Minot, ND, formerly of

Dickinson, passed away

Sunday, December 27,

2020, in a Minot Health-

care Facility.

Vietta was born May 22,

1947, the daughter of

Lydia and Rueben (Ack-

erman) Reich, on a farm at

Streeter, ND. The family

moved to Jamestown, ND,

and in the 8th grade the

family moved to Dickin-

son, ND, where she gra-

duated from Dickinson

High School in 1965.

Vietta worked at a la-

dies clothing store and

various restaurants. While

working at the restaurant

at Paragon Bowling Alley

she met Bernie Barden at

a bowling tournament.

They were married June

15, 1974, in Dickinson. In

2020 they celebrated 46

years of marriage. She

had three children, Roger,

Melissa and Tanya.

Vietta worked at Credit

Bureau and TSC in Minot.

She then became a stay at

home mom and ran a day-

care.

In 1980, she went to

work at the Grand and

worked there for 23 years.

She then worked at North

Central Human Services

Center for 11 years as a

case aid. She worked

part time at Marketplace

Foods in Minot, ND.

She was a member of

First Lutheran Church,

Minot, where she taught

Sunday school for a few

years and was a member

of the Altar Guild for a

while.

Vietta enjoyed garden-

ing, flower beds, search a

word, puzzles, reading

and embroidery.

Her loving family in-

cludes:

husband of 46 years,

Bernie Barden;

children, Roger (Glen-

da) Barden, Melissa (Tom)

Garrad and Tanya Barden;

grandchildren, Tyler,

Austin, Garrett, Tyson,

Allison, Bryanna, one step

grandson, William and

one step great-grand-

daughter, Rainy;

brother, Rodney (Alice)

Reich;

Several nieces, neph-

ews, sisters-in-law and

brothers-in-law.

Vietta was preceded in

death by her parents.

Celebrating the Life of

Vietta Barden:

A Memorial Service

will be held on Tuesday,

January 5, 2021, at 10:00

am at First Lutheran

Church in Minot, ND.

The family encourages

those attending to wear

masks and social distance.

Burial: Rosehill Mem-

orial Park, Minot, ND.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to

www.firstlutheran.tv.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www.

thompsonlarson.com).