Shirley Haakenstad

Shirley D. Haakenstad,

91, Bismarck, formerly of

Minot, died Wednesday,

June 16, 2021 in a

Bismarck Medical Center.

Shirley was born on

March 16, 1930 at Grand

Forks, North Dakota the

daughter of Russel and

Sadie (Moen) Lillico. She

was raised at Nekoma by

her father and grandmoth-er after the death of her

mother from tuberculosis

at the age of 3 months.

She graduated from Neko-

ma High School and then

attended the Bottineau

School of Forestry, where

she met her future hus-

band, Duane Haakenstad.

They were united in

marriage on August 19,

1950 at the First Pres-

byterian Church in Minot.

They began their marriage

living at Olympia, Wash-

ington, while Duane was

stationed with the U.S.

Army National Guard.

She then lived at Bot-

tineau until Duane re-

turned from his service in

Korea during the Korean

Conflict. They moved to

Minot in 1952. Along

with raising their four

daughters, Kathy, Mar-

jorie, Mary and Debra, she

was employed with the

Minot Public Library

Bookmobile for several

years and Green Stamp

Store. Duane died August

8, 2009. She had made

her home at ProHealth As-

sisted Living for almost 2

¢ years, then the Baptist

Home in Bismarck.

Shirley was a longtime

member of First Lutheran

Church in Minot, where

she was active with the

quilting group, birthday

club and circle group. She

was also active with the

Son’s of Norway, Hostfest

and a local homemakers

group.

Shirley’s loving family

includes, children, Mar-

jorie Jean Taylor, Minot,

Mary Lynn (Jari) Kariluo-

ma, Bismarck, Debra Kay

(Mark) Nelson, Minot; son

in law, Bill Headrick,

Minot; 6 grandchildren; 8

great grandchildren.

Shirley was preceded in

death by her parents, hus-

band of 58 years, Duane,

daughter, Kathy Headrick,

infant son, Dwight, broth-

er, Robert and grandsons,

Christopher Taylor and

Michael Taylor.

Celebration of Life ser-

vice: Tuesday, June 22,

2021 at 2:00 p.m. in First

Lutheran Church, Minot.

Livestream: A lives-

tream of the service can

be accessed by going to

Shirley’s obituary page on

the funeral home website.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Monday,

June 21st from 5:00-7:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to an organization of the

donor’s choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter, view the livestreamed

service or share memories

are invited to use the fun-

eral home website at

(www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com)