Janee Peterson

Janee Peterson, 84,

Minot and formerly of

Sherwood died on Thurs-

day, September 1, 2022 in

a Minot healthcare center

surrounded by loving family.

Margaret Janee Peterson

was born on October 15,

1937 in Tacoma, Wash-

ington to Earl and Svea

(Nelson) Williams. She

was raised and educated

in Tacoma until 1952

when she moved to Sher-

wood to live with her

Grandma Margaret Nel-

son. She graduated as

Valedictorian from the

Sherwood High School

Class of 1955.

Janee was once married

to Gary DesLauriers and

they are the parents of

Blaine, David, Cathy,

MaryLynn and Todd.

They made their home on

the family farm near Sher-

wood.

Janee excelled at farm

family life. She cooked,

cleaned, gardened,

canned fruits and veget-

ables, and mowed lawn.

She was an expert seam-

stress, a master baker – even

making wedding cakes. She was the neighborhood barber and

hair stylist. She worked

hard in the fields, side by

side with the guys, and

could outwork any hired man.

Janee was very active in

community, school and

church activities. She

served on the Sherwood

School Board for several

years. She drove a school

bus route and also en-

joyed driving students to

numerous extracurricular

activities. She loved to at-

tend all of her children’s

and the community’s ath-

letic, music and other

school events. She was a

loyal SHS Wildcat!

She loved spending

time with the family’s

many friends and wonder-

ful neighbors. When there

was down time on the

farm or after church on

Sundays, it was common

to have several neighbors

stop by for brunch after

church, cards, cribbage, or

Yahtzee games. There was

always a pot of coffee on

the stove and several

homemade goodies to enjoy.

Lake Metigoshe was her

true happy place. She

loved the water, especial-

ly water skiing (she was

still skiing at 60+ years of

age). She taught

numerous friends, neigh-

bors and family’s children

to water ski. She acquired

many lifelong friends at

the lake and enjoyed

spending time there im-

mensely. According to

Janee, the sun always

shined on Lake Metigoshe

and if it wasn’t, it was

only five minutes away!

Janee married Harry

Peterson in May 1996 and

they made their home in

Apache Junction, Arizona

and Lake Metigoshe. After

Harry’s death, Janee

moved to Minot in March

of 2018 where she resided

at ProHealth.

Janee is survived by her

children: Blaine (Kathy)

DesLauriers, David (Mar-

sha) DesLauriers, Cathy

(Curt) Dahly of Minot,

MaryLynn (Earl) Engh of

Sherwood and Todd (Lori)

DesLauriers of Eagle Lake,

MN; grandchildren: Britni

(Terry) Schmalz, Brock

(Elly) DesLauriers, Brooke

(Lance) Norlin, Kelsy

(Ryan) Sys, Danya Dahly,

Joshua (Mary) Dahly, Jen-

ny (Matt) Undlin, Jared

(Virginia) Engh, Kalli

(Tony) Smith, Lexi (An-

thony) White, Karli (Riley

Swearingen) DesLauriers,

and Brady DesLauriers.

She has twenty-five great

grandchildren who would

light up her face with joy

when they visited. Janee

is survived also by several

nieces, nephews and cousins.

Janee was preceded in

death by her parents, hus-

band, great grand-

daughter, Maggie, who

was her namesake, and si-

blings: Lucille, George, Er-

lene and Jerry.

Public Visitation: Sep-

tember 24, 2022 from

10:00 a.m. to noon in the

Thomas Family Funeral

Home-Minot, ND.

In lieu of flowers,

memorials are preferred

to the donor’s choice.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.