Phyllis Grinsteiner

Phyllis Grinsteiner, 82, Bismarck, died April 1, 2009, at the Medcenter One Mandan Care Center. Mass of Christian burial will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday at Church of St. Mary, Bismarck, with Rev. Gene Lindemann officiating. Burial will be held in the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be held from 2:00 pm until 9:00 pm Sunday and from 9:00 am until 9:00 pm Monday at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck. A vigil/rosary service will be held at 7:00 pm Monday at Parkway Funeral Service. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Phyllis Margaret was born September 15, 1926, in Brooks, MN, the daughter of Frederick and Margaret Neid Berberich. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Brooks, MN. Phyllis attended Poplar River Country School for eight years, graduating from Erskine Minnesota High School in 1944. She went on to attend and graduate from Fargo Business College in 1946. Phyllis was employed in Crookston, MN, until her marriage to George Baskerville on February 21, 1949, at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception. Six children were born to their marriage. The family moved to Carrington, ND, in 1957. She was active in volunteer duties at Sacred Heart Parish, Altar Society, teacher of CCD and CYO classes for 20 years, Den Mother for Cub Scouts for 18 years and with the Catholic Order of Foresters. They moved to Beulah, ND, where she worked for 18 years as office manager for American Family Insurance and earned her agents license to sell insurance. George died November 12, 1995, after a lengthy illness. Phyllis then moved to Bismarck, where she worked part-time for American Family Insurance until her retirement in June 2000. She married Eugene Grinsteiner on June 18, 2000, at Church of St. Mary, Bismarck. Phyllis is survived by her husband, Gene, Bismarck; her daughter, Catherine Wagner, Jamestown, ND; her sons and daughters-in-law, James Josie, St. Peters, MO, Michael, Fargo, ND, Daniel Betsy, Mandan, ND, Charles, Grand Forks, ND, and Thomas Amy, Columbia, SC; 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Lessard, Hillsboro, ND; stepchildren, Douglas Sharon Grinsteiner, David Bev Grinsteiner, Daniel Vonnie Grinsteiner, John Barbara Grinsteiner, and Della Michael Friesz; ten step grandchildren and two step great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, George; her brothers, Aloysius, Leander, Eugene, Frederic, and Vernard and infant brother, Joseph; her sisters, Marie Abrams, Orlean O’Malley and infant sisters, Lorraine and Loretta; and her parents, Frederick and Margaret.

Phyllis Grinsteiner

September 15, 1926 - April 1, 2009