Individual Details
Myra Edith Winsness
(27 May 1922 - 19 Apr 2007)
Myra Buchholz
The funeral for Myra Buchholz, of Oakes, ND, will be Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 10:00a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Oakes, ND, with Reverend Patrick O’Brien officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday from 3:00 to 8:00p.m. at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Oakes, ND, and one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be at the Oakes View Cemetery.
Myra Winsness, daughter of Jens and Johanna (Jensen) Winsness was born May 27, 1922, at Cogswell, North Dakota. Myra attended school at Cogswell, Oakes, Lisbon and Stirum, graduating from Stirum High School with the class of 1940. She was united in marriage to Adolph Buchholz on August 17, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota. They made their home near Crete, North Dakota, while working at the Glen Coleman farm. In 1948, they moved to a farm north of Oakes, where they lived and farmed until Adolph’s death in 1991. At that time, Myra moved to Oakes. In 2004, she became a resident of the Oakes Good Samaritan Center, where she lived until the time of her death.
Myra will be remembered for her wedding cakes, her artistic skill through her many paintings, her dedication to her church and family, and especially her zest to attend a coffee party.
Myra died on Thursday, April 19, 2007, at the Oakes Community Hospital, Oakes, North Dakota. She was 84 years old.
The funeral for Myra Buchholz, of Oakes, ND, will be Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at 10:00a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Oakes, ND, with Reverend Patrick O’Brien officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday from 3:00 to 8:00p.m. at Dahlstrom Funeral Home, Oakes, ND, and one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be at the Oakes View Cemetery.
Myra Winsness, daughter of Jens and Johanna (Jensen) Winsness was born May 27, 1922, at Cogswell, North Dakota. Myra attended school at Cogswell, Oakes, Lisbon and Stirum, graduating from Stirum High School with the class of 1940. She was united in marriage to Adolph Buchholz on August 17, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota. They made their home near Crete, North Dakota, while working at the Glen Coleman farm. In 1948, they moved to a farm north of Oakes, where they lived and farmed until Adolph’s death in 1991. At that time, Myra moved to Oakes. In 2004, she became a resident of the Oakes Good Samaritan Center, where she lived until the time of her death.
Myra will be remembered for her wedding cakes, her artistic skill through her many paintings, her dedication to her church and family, and especially her zest to attend a coffee party.
Myra died on Thursday, April 19, 2007, at the Oakes Community Hospital, Oakes, North Dakota. She was 84 years old.
Events
| Birth | 27 May 1922 | ||||
| Marriage | 17 Aug 1940 | Webster. SD - Adolph Albert Buchholz | |||
| Death | 19 Apr 2007 |
Families
| Spouse | Adolph Albert Buchholz (1917 - 1991) |
| Child | Lauie Eugene Buchholz |
| Child | Linda Lucrecia Buchholz |
| Child | Robert Adolph Buchholz |
| Father | Jens Svensen Winsness (1886 - 1967) |
| Mother | Johanah Marie Jansen (1898 - 1933) |
| Sibling | Sven John Winsness (1919 - 2010) |
| Sibling | Morris Stanley Winsness (1920 - 2010) |