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Orris L. Urseth
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Orris L. (Grone) Urseth, 89, formerly of Shotley, Minn., died Sunday, Nov. 21,
2010, at Good Samaritan Society in Blackduck.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church of Kelliher with the Rev H. William Beyer officiating. Cease
Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. A private burial will be
arranged by her family at a later date.
She was born June 20, 1921, to Olaf and Martha (Anderson) Grone in Shotley.
She was baptized and confirmed at Calvary Lu-theran Church, Shotley, and
attended the Shotley Brook School. She worked at the Red Lake Hospital in 1938
and, in 1940, joined her sister Helen and brother-in-law John Unger in Michigan
and moved from there to Terre Haute, Ind. Returning home in 1943, she worked at
the Shotley Store for Ben and Mabel Goranson. She married Edgar L. Urseth in
Bemidji April 20, 1946. Early in their marriage, she and her husband made their
home in Montana and then in North Dakota before returning to Shotley in 1953,
where they resided until December 2004 when they moved to the Northern Pines
Good Samaritan Society in Blackduck. Edgar died in January 2005.
During her youth, she loved listening and dancing to the Big Band sounds of
Goodman, Dorsey and Miller along with vocalists Martha Tilton, Ella Fitzgerald,
and her all-time favorite Peggy Lee. She loved nature especially along the shores
of Upper Red Lake. Throughout her life she ex-plored nearly every nook and
cranny of the South Shore while hiking with her childhood pals Isabel Joa (Yager)
and Phyllis Urseth (Holliday) or with other friends and family members. She
enjoyed longs walks in the woods. She enjoyed picking blueberries and
chokecherries. She was an avid reader and encouraged her children to do
likewise. She enjoyed watching Mas-terpiece Theater and listening to A Prairie
Home Companion. She was a wonderful homemaker and baker. She enjoyed
visiting with friends and neighbors. She adored her grand-children and great-
grandchildren and was an expert at rocking them to sleep.
She was a life-long member of Calvary Lutheran in Shotley and, later, Our Savior’s
Lutheran, Kelliher. She and her husband were active members of the Bethany
Cemetery Memorial Garden Association, and she was a founding member of the
VFW Women’s Auxiliary, Kelliher.
She is survived by her children, Leif Urseth, Paul (Marcia) Urseth, Debbie
(Andrew) Poxleitner, Joan (Steve) Rau and Peter Urseth; nine grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; sister, LaVurne Anderson; one cousin, Leonard
Anderson; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Clarence, Hollis
and Stanley; sisters, Myrtle, Helen, Pearl and Hazel; and a daughter-in-law.
2010, at Good Samaritan Society in Blackduck.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Our Savior’s
Lutheran Church of Kelliher with the Rev H. William Beyer officiating. Cease
Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. A private burial will be
arranged by her family at a later date.
She was born June 20, 1921, to Olaf and Martha (Anderson) Grone in Shotley.
She was baptized and confirmed at Calvary Lu-theran Church, Shotley, and
attended the Shotley Brook School. She worked at the Red Lake Hospital in 1938
and, in 1940, joined her sister Helen and brother-in-law John Unger in Michigan
and moved from there to Terre Haute, Ind. Returning home in 1943, she worked at
the Shotley Store for Ben and Mabel Goranson. She married Edgar L. Urseth in
Bemidji April 20, 1946. Early in their marriage, she and her husband made their
home in Montana and then in North Dakota before returning to Shotley in 1953,
where they resided until December 2004 when they moved to the Northern Pines
Good Samaritan Society in Blackduck. Edgar died in January 2005.
During her youth, she loved listening and dancing to the Big Band sounds of
Goodman, Dorsey and Miller along with vocalists Martha Tilton, Ella Fitzgerald,
and her all-time favorite Peggy Lee. She loved nature especially along the shores
of Upper Red Lake. Throughout her life she ex-plored nearly every nook and
cranny of the South Shore while hiking with her childhood pals Isabel Joa (Yager)
and Phyllis Urseth (Holliday) or with other friends and family members. She
enjoyed longs walks in the woods. She enjoyed picking blueberries and
chokecherries. She was an avid reader and encouraged her children to do
likewise. She enjoyed watching Mas-terpiece Theater and listening to A Prairie
Home Companion. She was a wonderful homemaker and baker. She enjoyed
visiting with friends and neighbors. She adored her grand-children and great-
grandchildren and was an expert at rocking them to sleep.
She was a life-long member of Calvary Lutheran in Shotley and, later, Our Savior’s
Lutheran, Kelliher. She and her husband were active members of the Bethany
Cemetery Memorial Garden Association, and she was a founding member of the
VFW Women’s Auxiliary, Kelliher.
She is survived by her children, Leif Urseth, Paul (Marcia) Urseth, Debbie
(Andrew) Poxleitner, Joan (Steve) Rau and Peter Urseth; nine grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; sister, LaVurne Anderson; one cousin, Leonard
Anderson; numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers, Clarence, Hollis
and Stanley; sisters, Myrtle, Helen, Pearl and Hazel; and a daughter-in-law.
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