Mabel Solheim

Mabel Solheim, 94, Bismarck, died November 18, 2006 at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 10:30 am Wednesday at English Lutheran Church, Tuttle, with Rev. Val Kinlar officiating. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm Tuesday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck and continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Tuttle Cemetery. Mabel Rosanna Berg was born on January 30, 1912, at Robinson, ND, to Martin and Rosanna Gilbertson Berg. She attended rural schools in Clear Lake Township and graduated from Steele High School. After a year at Valley City Normal School, she obtained her Teachers Certificate. Her first school was her home school at Robinson followed by rural schools in Underwood and Turtle Lake. She married Clarence Solheim of Tuttle on July 18, 1937, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Robinson. Their first home was at Underwood, ND, where Clarence worked in the Coal mines and she taught school. In 1942, they bought the farm Clarence's uncle, Lars Hegdahl, had homesteaded. Mabel and Clarence lived on this farm until 1995 when they moved to Steele. Clarence died in 2001. Mabel moved to Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center later that year. Mabel was an active member of the English Lutheran Church and of the Marie Circle. She enjoyed sewing, reading and gardening. Mabel is survived by one son, Leslie of Lisle, IL; one daughter and son-in-law, Myrna and Darrell Wetzel of Bismarck, ND; one granddaughter, Lynette Jeff Simonson of Bismarck, ND; two grandsons, Darren Cheri Wetzel of Argusville, ND and Bryan Wetzel of Bismarck, ND; four great-granddaughters, Samantha and Jessica Wetzel of Argusville, ND, and Olivia and Isabelle Simonson of Bismarck, ND; one sister, Evelyn Sorhus of Seattle, WA; her nephew who was like a brother, Marion Knudtson of Washburn, ND; four sisters-in-law, Hilda Brousseau of Steele, ND, Phyllis Solheim and Lydia Berg both of Bismarck, ND and June Berg of Seattle, WA; and many nephews and nieces. Mabel was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Clarence; her infant son; her three brothers, Gerhard, Harry, and Henry; and her five sisters, Miranda Knudtson, Genora Kittleson, Luella Christensen, Myrtle Bogle, and Edna Heimer.

Mabel Solheim

January 30, 1912 - November 18, 2006