Louise Vigness

Oct. 21, 1937-Feb. 2, 2026

Bismarck

Louise Vigness, age 88, went home to heaven on February 2, 2026. She was born on October 21, 1937, in Yakima, Washington to Bjarne and Rose Borgen. She was raised on the family farm in Landa, North Dakota with her younger sister, Barbara. Her parents also owned the grocery store in Landa. Summers were spent at the family lake cabin on Lake Metigoshe. Louise graduated from Landa High School and the Bottineau School of Forestry.

In 1955, Louise met Lloyd Vigness. They married in 1957 and had three children, Lonnie, Troy, and Tracy, who they raised together in Westhope and Minot, North Dakota. Lloyd and Louise were married 59 years until Lloyd’s passing in 2016. Louise spent her professional career in banking and mortgage lending. In 1983, she and Lloyd decided no more cold North Dakota winters, and they moved to Mesa, Arizona, where they lived for the next 39 years. When Louise’s health declined in 2022, her children brought her home to North Dakota where she lived her remaining years at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck. True to mom’s spirit and despite significant health challenges, she maintained her pleasant stubbornness, feistiness, and wry smile and wit. Mom loved her family deeply. We will miss her. We are especially grateful for the compassionate and dignified care that was given to our mom by all the Missouri Slope caregivers.

Louise is survived by her twins Troy and Tracy (Mike); her sister Barbara Persson; her daughter in law Debby Vigness; six grandchildren (Tiffany (Jason), Christopher (Emily), Dalton (Brandie), Andrew, McKayla (Tjaden), Robbie), and five great grandchildren (Rebekah, Caleb, Asher, Brodie, Lily), along with many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Louise was predeceased by her husband Lloyd; her son Lonnie, and her parents Bjarne and Rose. Louise will be laid to rest with Lloyd at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, North Dakota.

Published by The Minot Daily News, February 11, 2026.