This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: TCMitten Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16721/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Grand Forks Herald (ND) - May 15, 1997 Deceased Name: EDWIN BREND Edwin Brend, 87, Mohall, N.D., formerly of Portland, died Sunday, May 11, 1997, in Mohall Good Samaritan Nursing Center, where he resided since Dec. 21, 1995. Edwin B. Brend was born Aug. 11 1909, the son of Ole and Mina (Hallingstad) Brend, in Portland, where he graduated high school in 1930. He attended Mayville (N.D.) State Teachers College, where he received his Teachers Certificate in 1932. He taught school in Bismarck, Portland and Cummings, N.D. He left teaching in 1938 and started working for Sorlie Farmers Elevator, Cummings. He married Caroline Gunderson Nov. 8, 1939, in Buxton, N.D. They lived in Cummings, where he continued to work for Sorlie. He retired February 1942. They moved to Mohall, where they owned and managed the Gunderson Hanson Elevator until the business was sold in 1962. He began working for the Renville Bottineau Memorial Hospital, Mohall as a hospital administrator. He retired in 1974. He is survived by his wife; sons, Curtis (Linda), Bowler, Wis., LeRoy (Shirley) and Arliss (Terrie), both of Bismarck, and Richard (Paula), Plover, Wis.; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a brother, Walter, Mayville. He was preceded in death by a son, Ernest; sisters, Ella, Agnus and Julia Brend; and brothers, Oswald, Lawrence, Henry and Elvin. Services: 11 a.m. Friday in Zion Lutheran Church, Mohall. Visitation: Noon to 7 p.m. today, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service, in Anderson Nelson Funeral Home, Mohall. Burial: Mohall Community Cemetery. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.