Tilda Hjelmstad • 1913- 2006

Tilda Hjelmstad, 92, Minot, formerly of Glenburn, North Dakota, died peacefully on July 1, 2006, in a Bismarck nursing home.

Tilda was born on September 8, 1913, on the family farm near Wolseth, North Dakota, the daughter of John and Oline (Wolseth) Harstad. She was raised and educated there and graduated from Wolseth High School.

She completed teacher education training at Minot State Teachers College and taught school in the Hiddenwood School District near Ryder, North Dakota. She met Arnold Hjelmstad who was employed at the grain elevator in Ryder. They were married on April 8, 1939, at the Nidaros Lutheran Church, Wolseth, ND.

In 1948, they moved to Glenburn where Arnold became manager of the Glenburn Farmers Union Elevator. Tilda served as bookkeeper for the elevator for many years. She also served as Secretary for the Glenburn School District, working with four different school superintendents. Arnold died on December 5, 1995.

Tilda was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Glenburn, Lutheran Church Women, and a charter member of the Glenburn Senior Citizens. Tilda and Arnold spent summers of their retirement years at their lake cabin in New Town. She moved to Minot in 1995, where she resided at Dakota Terrace Apartments and to Bismarck in 2002, when she entered the Missouri Slope Nursing Home.

Tilda is survived by daughter Meredith Henry and her husband Roy of Ellisville, Missouri; son Terry Hjelmstad and his wife Gail of Minot; daughter Janet Thompson of North Olmsted, Ohio; son Jerry Hjelmstad and his wife Laura of Bismarck; brother Alfred Harstad and his wife Violet of Minot; sister Benda Sveen of Minot; sister Lillian Sorensen and her husband Hans of Fargo; 11 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Arnold, brothers Arnold and Johnnie Harstad, and sisters Luella Herman, Hilma Hughes, Olga Mothershead, and Manda Ofsthun.

Visitation: Friday, July 7, 2006 from noon until 7:00 p.m. at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.

Prayer Service: Friday, July 7, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Thompson-Larson Funeral Home Chapel, Minot.

Funeral Service: Saturday, July 8, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church

Burial will be at the Glenburn Cemetery

Officiant: Rev. Heather Brown

Music: Congregational hymns
Processional hymn, "My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less" # 294
"Blest Be The Tie That Binds" # 370
Recessional hymn, "Abide With Me" # 272
Vicki Routledge, organist

Honorary Bearers: Tilda's friends, relatives, granddaughters, great-grandchildren, and the nieces and nephews

Active Bearers
Tilda's grandsons
Tracy Hjelmstad, Douglas Clark, Daniel Thompson, Roy Henry III, Martin Thompson, Eric Hjelmstad
Travis Hjelmstad, John Thompson, Nathan Thompson

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