The Funeral Service will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 25 at Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton with Rev. Jim Christenson officiating.
There will be visitation from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at the Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton; also, visitation one hour before the service at the church on Thursday.
 Ragna (Haugen) Woodbury, 90 Advertisement |
Ragna was born in Otta Gulbransdalen, Norway, on Dec. 13, 1918, to John and Anna (Solhjem) Haugen. She moved with her family to America in 1921 at the age of three. She attended school at Sheyenne Central, rural McLeod. Ragna was united in marriage to Herbert Woodbury on Oct. 26, 1941, at Zion Lutheran Church, rural Leonard, N.D.
They lived in Sheyenne Township where they ranched for 35 years. Ragna and Herbert moved to Wahpeton in 1976, where they enjoyed their retirement years together, also, spending time at their lake home at West McDonald, Minn. Herbert died in 2005. Following his death Ragna remained active with her family and many friends, enjoying times at the Senior Citizens in Wahpeton and Breckenridge with her little dog “Sparky Joe.”
Ragna was a member of United Free Lutheran Church, rural Leonard, and belonged to the Sons of Norway.
Ragna is survived by: her fours sons, her daughter and their spouses, Arnold (Lynn) Woodbury, Wyndmere, N.D., Howard (Joy) Woodbury, McLeod, Linda (Richard) Haberman, Barney, N.D., Larry (Judy) Woodbury, McLeod, David (Paula) Woodbury, McLeod; 17 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two sisters-in-law, Marcia Clarke, Washington, and Velma Woodbury, Breckenridge.
She was preceded in death by: her parents, John and Anna Haugen; Husband, Herbert, March 2, 2005; brothers and sisters and in-laws, Jorgen (Agnes) Haugen, Alfred (Arlene) Haugen, Ida (Rangvold) Hegseth, Ardy Woodbury, Robert (Irene) Woodbury, Agnes (Ivan) Williams, and Eleanor (Chuck) Corliss.
Sonja Janzen wrote on Jun 26, 2009 12:35 PM:
The last time we were there to visit was in Oct.08. We took her out for a nice meal, after we went back to her place to visit and there was a big apple pie there that she had made for us. We were amazed. What a lady!
We will truly miss her when we came to visit the next time. Our condolesence to the family. "