September 3, 1922 ~ December 11, 2010
Lillian Henderson, 88, a long time resident of the Loraine and Mohall area, died peacefully December 11th, 2010 at Bethany Homes in Fargo, ND. She was born September 3rd, 1922 in Rolette County, North Dakota, the daughter of Virginia and Edward Roy. She graduated from Rolla High School and attended nurse's school in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
She married Delbert Henderson May 13, 1945 in Rosholt, Wisconsin and lived in Roy, Utah during Delbert's Army Service. She was employed for many years as office nurse at RBM hospital in Mohall before joining Dr. Walter Gokavi's office in Mohall for 17 years until retiring in 1983. She served as a foster grandparent for 4 years at Sunnyside School in Minot and 6 years at Children's Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Survivors include daughters Holly (Bernie) Arcand of Ray; Estelle (Ted) Knutson of Grand Forks; sons Harwood Jay of Fargo; Stanton (Barb) of Minot; five grandchildren and one great grandchild; sisters Ellen Vesper of Louisville, KY, and Dolly Brown of Nelson, MN, brother, Joe Roy of Mt. Angel, Oregon.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister Marie Wickens and brothers Alec, Lucian, Ralph and Ernie Roy.
Memorials are preferred to any food bank.
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