LeNora Graf

LeNora Graf, 78, Bismarck, passed away peacefully on January 2, 2010, with a room full of loved ones. She is free from all pain after a very short and courageous battle with kidney cancer. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Washington Street and Divide Avenue, Bismarck, with Pastor Jeff Tengesdal officiating. Interment will be at the ND Veteran’s Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 4:00 - 9:00 PM at Parkway Funeral Service and will continue on Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the church. LeNora Klundt was born near Medina on November 30, 1931, to Herman and Christina Heupel Klundt. She was one of twelve children. She attended country school and worked on the family farm. On November 25, 1951, LeNora married Norman Graf in Medina. In addition to being a stay at home mother and housewife, some of her occupations included nurse’s aide at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown and the office manager for Graf Oil Company. LeNora served as a volunteer dispatcher for the Jamestown Police Department, the Stutsman County Sheriff, and Medina Emergency Services and Police Department for over 20 years. In the mid 1970s, LeNora was one of the first female trained volunteer ambulance squad members with the Medina Ambulance Service. LeNora served on the church board and held the office of treasurer for many organizations including the English Lutheran Church. After moving to Bismarck in 1991, LeNora was very active with the English Singers and a volunteer for the Lung Association. LeNora was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She enjoyed cooking and playing pinochle with her family and friends. LeNora was a beautiful, kind, and generous woman whose unconditional love touched and groomed many. She will truly be missed by those who knew her. LeNora will be greeted in Heaven by her parents, Herman and Christina Klundt, her brothers, baby Gustav, Gus, Eddie, and Elvin, her sisters, Esther and Ruth, and her nephew, Steve Klundt. She is survived by Norman Graf, her husband of 58 years of Bismarck; her children, Darrell Kristi Graf of Bismarck, Jodi Randy Jacobson of Bismarck, and Libby Penni Graf of Portland, OR; her grandchildren, Trevor Hanson of Seattle, WA, Tristie Hanson Mike Cook, Eva Graf, Kayla Jacobson, and Cara Jacobson, all of Bismarck; her brothers, Walter Mary Klundt of Jamestown, and Norman Pat Klundt of Battle Creek, MI; and sisters, Virginia LeRoy Struxness of Woodworth, ND, and Arlene Rohrback of Bismarck.

LeNora Graf

November 30, 1931 - January 2, 2010