EVELYN M. DAHL

Evelyn M. Dahl Evelyn M. Dahl, 87, Cooperstown, ND passed away at her home with her children at her side on Saturday, May 9, 2015. Evelyn, better known as Evie or Louie, was born January 4, 1928 at her parent’s Walter and Francis (Prochnow) Flick in Clearfield Township, Griggs County. She grew up in the area and attended school at the Clearfield Township South and North rural schools. She married Clinton H. Dahl, January 15, 1946 in Moorhead, MN and together they raised three children and a niece and nephew on the farmstead they built west of Cooperstown. She lived her whole life in North Dakota, except for two years when she lived in Camas, Washington and worked at the Crown Zellerbach Paper Company. Throughout her life, she was a hard worker, whether it was working in the field, milking the cows, or working at the H&H Variety Store, Sheyenne Tooling, Model Clothing, Lad & Lasse, painting and cleaning homes, or driving the School bus. She was an active member of Grace Lutheran Church, a 4-H Leader, a volunteer at the Griggs County Nursing Home and the More For Less store. She loved to bowl, dance, square dance, knit, crochet, her garden and flowers, and to play pinochle for hours with friends. She loved music and was blessed with the special talent of playing the piano, organ, violin and accordion by ear. Evelyn is survived by her two daughters, Sandra Gotfredson and Connie (John) Swenson and son Ronald Dahl, all of Cooperstown and niece, Kay (Blair) Ostenson and nephew, Randy (Micelle) Law of Ft. Worth, TX whom she loved and thought of as her own children, in addition to twelve nieces and ten nephews who all held a special place in her heart, and sister-in-laws Marlene and Alice Flick. She was preceded in death by her husband Clinton, her parents Walter & Francis, sister and brother-in-law Berneice & Harvey Breimon, brothers Roland and Donald Flick, son-in-law Virgil Gotfredson, nephew Warren Breimon, brothers & sister-in-laws Henry & Ione Law, Clayton & Iona Dahl, and Illa & Donald Hines. Evelyn is the end of a generation and will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Funeral services will be Friday, May 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm in the Grace Lutheran Church, Cooperstown, ND. Visitation will be Thursday, May 14, 2015 from 5:00 till 7:00 in the Quam-Plaisted-Cushman Funeral Home in Cooperstown and one hour before services in the Church. A Prayer Service will be Thursday at 7:00 pm in the Funeral Home. Interment will be at 4:00 pm in the Hartman Cemetery, rural Sutton, ND.