Adeline Monear

Adeline B. Monear, age 94, former long time resident of Fargo and Big Pine Lake near Perham, MN, passed away January 22, 2006 at Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO from complications related to Alzheimers disease. She had been living in rural Jefferson County near Littleton, CO with her daughter and family since 2003. Adeline Birdelia Martinson was born May 17, 1911 in Blabon, ND to Ole A. and Anna Randine (Heglie) Martinson. She was raised in Blabon and graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1929, then earned her cosmetology license at Fargo Hair Dressing Academy. She married Leonard E. Monear on August 26, 1934 and they lived in Hope, ND where he owned the Gamble hardware store and Adeline had an in-home beauty shop. In early 1944 they moved to Stirum, ND where Len worked as a telegrapher for the Northern Pacific Railroad. After WWII Adeline moved her family five times in less than three years as Len was transferred by the NP Railroad. In 1947 they purchased a neighborhood grocery store in south Fargo. After selling the Belmont Grocery, Adeline worked for nearly twenty years as a cashier at Sears counting money and checks daily and getting deposits ready to bank. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church and the Eagles Auxiliary. In 1971 Adeline and Len retired to their cottage on Big Pine Lake and wintered as snowbirds in their RV for twenty-five years, usually in Arizona where she enjoyed square and round dancing, hiking, biking, crossword puzzles, scrabble and playing cards. They spent two winters in Texas and Florida and traveled to all fifty states collecting a special rock from each. In later years, she often wintered with friends in south Fargo and lived one year in the Kinder House apartments near Bethany Homes. Adeline is survived by a daughter, Diane (Wally) Larson, Littleton, CO; six grandchildren: Tim Olson, Smithton, MO, Laurie Tweedy and Lisa Olson McCray, Pacific, MO, Brady (Jennifer) Larson, Evergreen, CO, Heather Larson, Denver, CO, Drew Larson, Littleton, CO and eleven great-grandchildren in Missouri and Colorado. She was preceded in death by Leonard, her husband for 63 years, daughter Janet R. Olson, brother Palmer J. Martinson, sister Ruth O. Havig and her parents. Visitation: Thursday February 2, 2006 5:00 - 7:00 pm ? Boulger Funeral Home Friday, February 3 - 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm at Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, ND Funeral: Friday February 3, 2006 1:00 p at Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, ND Burial: South Pleasant Cemetery, Christine, ND Arrangements entrusted to the care of Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, ND Online guestbook www.boulgerfuneralhome.com