Vivienne Link

Vivienne “Viv” Link, 97, Bismarck, died September 3, 2010, at the Baptist Home, Bismarck. Services will be held at 1:30 pm Tuesday, September 7, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Devils Lake, with Rev. Dale Kinzler officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Devils Lake. Visitation will be held from 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm Sunday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, where a vigil/rosary will begin at 4:00 pm with Rev. Ed Wehner presiding. Visitation will be held from 12:30 pm until 1:30 pm Tuesday, September 7, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Devils Lake. Viv was born on June 13, 1913, in rural Crary, ND, the daughter of John and Florence Comstock Gilbraith. She was raised on the family farm and attended country school until her mother passed away when she was 13. Viv became the maternal head of the household, looking after her younger siblings. She married Ralph Link in January 1933, in Devils Lake, ND. They moved to Bismarck in 1949. Viv worked at Ressler Café and Opgrand’s Women’s Clothing store before going to work with Jerry Heinrich selling siding. She had a gift with people over the phone. Viv gardened and raised raspberries, creating many memories for her grandchildren who loved to pick them. She truly knew how to work, scraping enough together in the lean years to buy a house lot and put up and make a home for her family. She baked bread, made homemade egg noodles, sewed bibs, stuffed animals, and dresses from curtains, and added her unique touch to make life special. She entered the Baptist Home in January 2006, where she has since resided. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Moorhouse, Bismarck; her son, Arthur G. Nancy Link, Eagan, MN; her grandchildren, Allison Dean Nelson, Minneapolis, MN, Jeffrey Kathy Link, Minneapolis, MN, and Scott Kemerly Moorhouse, Minot, ND; her great-grandchildren, Rachel, Nicole, and L.J.; her brother, Reade Gilbraith, Minot; and her sister, Joyce Snook, Montezuma, IA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph in 1989; her brothers, Howard, John, Harley, Orville, Roger, and Gordon; her sisters, Ivah and Opal; and her great granddaughter, Melanie.

Vivienne Link

June 13, 1913 - September 3, 2010