Charlotte Vaagen

Fargo

Charlotte Vaagen, 82, Fargo, ND passed away Monday, April 22, 2024 at Bethany Retirement Living on 42nd in Fargo.

Charlotte was born April 1, 1942, in Dayton, Washington, the daughter of Harry J. and Amy L. (Rayburn) Sutton. She moved with her parents and attended schools at various parts of the United States. She moved with her mother in the seventh grade and attended Carpio Public School. Charlotte received her GED in Minot in 1981.

She was once married to Donald Haaland whom she married in April 1958. She lived in California for a time and while there Charlotte did babysitting in her home, took in ironing for people, was a nurses aid and a telephone operator. She received her nurses aid certificate while in California.

Charlotte moved back to Carpio and married Earl Vaagen in Carpio on October 9, 1971. They made their home in Carpio and farmed until Earl’s death on January 12, 1979.

Charlotte owned and operated the Americana Motel & Cafe in Portal for three years before moving to Kenmare where she worked at the Senior Citizens Center, Meals on Wheels, Kenmare Laundry, and also helped her children with their paper routes.

Charlotte later moved to Minot where she babysat in her home for her granddaughter. Charlotte attended Carpio Lutheran Church, Church of the Nazarene in Kenmare, Southside Church of the Nazarene in Minot, and Hope Lutheran Church in Surrey until she was no longer able to attend church in person, after which she would watch church online.

Those Who Shared In Her Life

Sons, John (Deb) Haaland, Minot, Jason (Karoline) Vaagen, Fargo, ND, and Samuel (Deb) Vaagen, Fargo, ND; daughters, Donna Turner, Grand Forks, ND, Amanda (Brandon) Thoms-Hoover, Cheyenne, WY, and Amy Jo Vaagen, Minot, ND; grandchildren, Kristen and Eric Waklee, Chanell Jorde, Nathaniel Haaland, Richard, Katearie, Samuel and Kiara Thoms, Sophie and Amelia Vaagen, Orion and Monroe Kruckenberg, Kennedy Charvat, Kevin Vaagen, and Carl Vaagen; great-grandchildren, Malachi Jorde and Izabel and Mia Belgarde, Angel, Sativa, and Yuki-Onna Thoms, Della and Cain Kruckenberg; brother, Jay (Sue) Sutton; stepbrothers, Jerry (Robin) Bass and Bill (Betty) Bass; sister-in-law, Phyllis Wright; stepsister-in-law, Rosie Bass.

She was preceded in death by her father, Harry Sutton; mother, Amy Furulie; stepfather, Alfred Furulie; stepmother, Cecelia Sutton; husband, Earl Vaagen; daughter, Dorene Turner; daughter-in-law, Rose Haaland; grandson, Kip Turner; great-granddaughter, Ariya House; brother, Ronald Wright; sisters, Patricia Snyder, Shirley Murphy, Cathy Rach; stepbrothers, Jack Bass and Bob Bass; stepsister, Betty Vaagen; and numerous brothers and sisters-in-law.

Funeral: Friday, April 26, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. at Carpio Lutheran Church, Carpio.

Interment: Nazareth Lutheran Cemetery, rural Carpio, ND.

Visitation: Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.

Family Prayer Service: Thursday at 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.

The service will be livestreamed for the public to view and can be accessed by going to the Zion & Carpio Lutheran Churches Facebook Page.

Those wishing to sign the online register and share memories may access the online obituaries section at (www.thompsonlarson.com).

Published by The Minot Daily News, April 25, 2024.