Genoveive Hall

Genoveive “Gen” Cath-

erine Hall, 96, longtime

Berthold area resident,

died Monday, February

21, 2022 in a Garrison

Medical Center surround-

ed by her loving family.

Gen was born De-

cember 17, 1925, in Bert-

hold, North Dakota the

daughter of Lester and

Hildegard (Rubbelke) Lau-

tenschlager. She was

raised and educated in

Berthold and graduated

from Berthold High

School in 1943.

Gen was united in mar-

riage to Clarence Hall on

May 20, 1948 in Berthold.

They made their home on

a farm near Berthold for

three years prior to mov-

ing into Berthold. Along

with raising their chil-

dren, she was employed

as a bookkeeper with

Farmer’s Union Oil Com-

pany (now Cenex) at De-

vils Lake and Berthold

from 1943 until 1992,

when she retired.

Clarence died January 22,

2012. She continued to

make her home in Bert-

hold until moving to

Edgewood Vista in 2015

and then to Maple View

Assisted Living Center in

2018. She had most re-

cently been a resident of

the Benedictine Living

Center of Garrison.

Gen was a longtime

member of St. Ann’s

Catholic Church in Bert-

hold, where she served as

the church organist and

church bookkeeper for

more than 60 years. She

also served as Berthold

City Auditor for many

years.

Gen was a member of

the Berthold American Le-

gion Auxiliary and Pro-

gressive Homemakers

Club in Berthold. Gen

served on numerous com-

munity committees and

was always willing to help

where needed.

Gen enjoyed quilting,

gardening, golfing, travel-

ing with Clarence and

family, attending any ac-

tivities that children and

grandchildren were parti-

cipating in, and spending

time with her family. Gen

and Clarence put on

countless miles attending

such events and loved

every minute of it!

Her loving family in-

cludes: children, Curtis

(Leann) Hall, Berthold,

Bernard (Mary) Hall, Har-

vey, Doug (Marcia) Hall,

Mesa,AZ, LeRoy (Shirley)

Hall, Fairfax, VA, Mar-

garet (Ken) Dahl, Grand

Forks, ND, Susan (Jeff)

Hagel, Minot, Francis

(Brenda) Hall, Mohall,

Steven (Pam) Hall, Kin-

dred, Jim (Kim) Hall,

Gainesville, VA, Sharon

(Tyler) Mollerud, Bert-

hold, Roberta (John) Aar-

for, West Fargo, Raymond

(Karene) Hall, Center, ND;

51 grandchildren; 44

great-grandchildren; si-

blings, Eugene Lauten-

schlager, Grand Forks,

(Fay) Lautenschlager,

Berthold, Lyle (Karen)

Lautenschlager, Magnolia,

Texas, Thomas (Joanne)

Lautenschlager, Minot,

Eileen Anderson, Floral

City, FL, Doris Goettle,

Donnybrook, Danny

(Jeanie) Lautenschlager,

Fargo, and Daryl (Peggy)

Lautenschlager, Byron,

MN; numerous nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Gen was preceded in

death by her parents; hus-

band of 63 years,

Clarence; daughter, Bar-

bara; great granddaughter,

Emily; brothers, Lester &

Timothy; along with her

brothers-in-law, Andy

Anderson and Jim Goettle,

and sister-in-law, Sally

Lautenschlager.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Saturday, February 26,

2022 at 10:30 a.m. in St

Ann’s Catholic Church,

Berthold. To view a de-

layed streaming of the ser-

vice, that will be available

Sunday, February 27,

2022 or to share memories

and condolences please

visit her obituary page at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com

Interment: Wildrose

Cemetery, Berthold later

in the Spring of 2022.

Recitation of the

Rosary and Vigil Prayer

service: Friday, February

25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in

the church.

Visitation: Friday,

February 25th from

4:00-7:00 p.m. in the

church.