Theresa Stickel

Theresa Stickel’s Funeral Mass can be viewed below starting at 11:00 AM Friday February 16, 2024.

Theresa Stickel passed away February 9, 2024 at the age of 88, at Maryhill Manor, where she had lived since 2021.

Theresa Elnora Altringer was born on August 15, 1935, in Griggs County, Courtenay, ND, to Peter and Lillian Altringer of Wimbledon, ND. Theresa was raised in and around Wimbledon, ND with her 6 siblings until she moved to Valley City, ND to attend high school, which was taught by nuns.

Theresa met Melvin “Mel” Stickel at a dance during her senior year. They wrote letters while Mel was serving in the Army in Korea and Germany. Theresa and Mel were married January 6, 1954 at St. Bonafice Catholic Church in Wimbledon, ND. Theresa and Mel raised 6 children in Jamestown, ND.

Theresa was instrumental in helping of the opening of The Daycare for Retarded Children in Jamestown, ND. She also worked for White Drug
Enterprises of Jamestown. Theresa and Mel moved to Casselton, ND in the spring of 1976 when she started working at the V.A. Credit Union in north Fargo, ND, where she worked up to the manager’s position. In 1989, Theresa became the manager of Postal Family Credit Union where she worked until she retired in 1998.

Theresa was the true matriarch of the family; she was blessed with 8 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 10 great-great grandchildren. They were all the love of her life.

Theresa was preceded in death by her husband, Mel; sons, Jerry and Tom; daughter, Joan; and a great grandson, Ethan.

Theresa is survived by daughter, Debbie Stickel; sons, Terry (Cora) Stickel, James Stickel; granddaughters, Michelle Stickel, Misty (Tom) Lulay, Christy (Travis) Haugen, Kathy (Nick) Collins; grandsons, Michael Kamranian, Shahin Kamranian, Timothy Stickel, Noah Stickel; 14 great grandchildren, Samantha, Alexandra, Mackinzie, Samuel, Melrose, Kyrie, Clara, Lucy, Preston, Eric, Michaela, Amira, and Ryan; and 10 great-great grandchildren, Axyl, Temperance, Chevelle, Laramie, Kandyn, Jackson, Jordan, Avy, Devina, and Ja Vante.