Mildred Fields

Mildred Millie Fields, 86, Bismarck passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, October 29, 2006. Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church on Thursday, November 2, at 11:00 AM. Burial will be at Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown at 3:00 PM. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 1, from 9-9 at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. Mildred Kvislen was born on June 23, 1920, in Sanborn, ND, and graduated from Sanborn High School in 1938. After high school she attended and received her beautician's certification from New York Hair Dressing Academy, Fargo. Mildred moved to California in 1941 and worked in a beauty shop there until 1946. Upon returning to North Dakota she met and married the love of her life, Thomas Tom Fields. They made their home in Bismarck, building a house and raising a family. Mildred worked as a beauty operator and shop owner in Bismarck. For many years she specialized in the wig business, owning the Four Season's Wig Salon in the Hall of Four Season's at the GP Hotel in downtown Bismarck. As a young mother, Mildred acted as a den mother for the Girl Scouts, and was active in the DAV, Shriners Auxiliary, Legion, and Elks. Her favorite past-time was playing cards with her sister, Dorothy Peterson, her best friend, Harriet Feist, and the Bridge girls. She loved her home, her yard, and gardening. She could fix, or would try to fix almost anything, usually with tape and Elmer's glue. Mildred loved having her family around her and entertaining family and friends for dinner and parties. She was a fabulous cook and was always trying and sharing new recipes that she would clip from papers or magazines. She is survived by her daughters, Linda Brett Hoiby, Bismarck, and Karen Ed Easter, Roseville, CA; her sons, Ray Linda Fields, Mandan, Jeff Lisa Fields, Bismarck, Terry Nancy Fields, Bismarck, and Howard Carol Beckstrom, Riverbank CA; her grandchildren, Pat Heather Schmidt, Spokane, WA, Krista John Goulde, Billings, MT, Brittany Ritter, Bimidji, MN, Chris Fields, Mandan, Megan and Katie Fields, Bismarck, Sommer Fields, and Mitchell, Justin, and Eric Gross, Bismarck; her four great-grandchildren, Aiden and Bailey Schmidt, Spokane, WA, and McKenzie and Rylee Goulde, Billings MT; her three sisters, Margaret, Jamestown, Claryce, Minneapolis, MN, and Dorothy Peterson, Bismarck; her one brother, Don Kvislen, Jamestown; and many nieces and nephews. Preceding Mildred in death were her husband, Tom; her two infant children; her parents, and her brother, Ray. Favorite Quote --- "This too shall pass"

Mildred Fields

June 23, 1920 - October 29, 2006