Dorothy Sannes

Dorothy E. Sannes, 81,

of Minot, ND, died on

January 7, 2022 in a Minot

hospital surrounded by

her children and

grandchildren. Funeral

services will be held

10:30am on Friday, Janu-

ary 14, 2022 at Zion Luth-

eran Church, 1800 Hiawa-

tha St, Minot with Pastor

John Streccius and Pastor

John Warner officiating.

Burial will be in the Sun-

set Memorial Gardens,

Minot. Visitation will be

held on Thursday from

4pm to 6pm at the

church.

Dorothy was born on

December 18, 1940 in

Westhope, ND, the

daughter of Arthur and

Isabel (McLachlan) Lee.

She was raised and edu-

cated in Westhope where

she graduated from high

school in 1958. Dorothy

attended the school of

Forestry in Bottineau, ND.

Dorothy married Lloyd

O. Sannes in Westhope on

June 28, 1960. They lived

in Westhope until moving

to Minot in 1963. Togeth-

er, they owned and

operated four Standard

Oil Stations. Lloyd died in

March of 1985 and

Dorothy sold the station.

She went to work for

Werner Oil and later went

to work for the North

Dakota Department of Mo-

tor Vehicle where she

worked for many years

serving many local and

loyal customers. She re-

tired from the Motor Vehi-

cle Department and con-

tinued to reside in Minot.

Dorothy was a member

of the former First Pres-

byterian Church and an

original member of the

Flickertail Homemakers

Club. She enjoyed playing

cards, going to bingo, trav-

eling, doing puzzles and

word searches, and

spending time with her

family and friends. She

especially loved being

with her grandchildren

and attending their many

sporting events and func-

tions. Grandma will al-

ways be remembered for

her love of snowman and

her huge collection.

Dorothy is survived by

her children: Brenda

Sannes (Gil Smestad) of

Minot, ND; Loy (Steve)

Axtman of Rugby, ND;

Greg (Kristi) Sannes of

Queen Creek, AZ; Glenda

(Pastor John) Streccius of

Bismarck, ND; Paul (Tam-

mi) Sannes of Washburn,

ND and Nancy (Jay)

Harris of Minot, ND; Six-

teen grandchildren: Lucas

Smestad, Zachary (Alli)

Axtman, Zane Axtman,

Stetson Sannes, Brittan

(Bridgette) Sannes, Phillip

(Jessie) Streccius, Hannah

(Shane Williams), Noah

(Sadie) Streccius, Lloyd

Streccius, Lydia Streccius,

William Sannes, Jack

Sannes, Charlie Sannes,

Naycee (Seth La Bodda)

Harris, Nya (Gannon Mill-

er) Harris and Kersey

Harris; a great grand-

daughter, Brooklyn

Sannes; her brother, Ron-

nie Lee of Billings, MT

and his daughters: Ronda

(Shan) Laurie, Julie

(Loren) Ward and Lynette

(Trevor) Lange; and many

nieces and nephews and

her faithful companion,

Cooper.

She was preceded in

death by her parents, her

husband, Lloyd; her

granddaughter, Emma Lee

Streccius and her

sister-in-law, Ardis Lee.

Please visit

www.goetzfuneral

homes.com to sign the on-

line guestbook and to

share memories of

Dorothy with her family.