Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5 at the Bethel Lutheran Church, Wahpeton, with the Rev. Kathryn Rothman officiating.
Visitation will be from 3-6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Bethel Lutheran Church from a 5 p.m. prayer service.
 Antoinette 'Annie' Gjesdal, 18 Advertisement |
Vertin-Munson Wahpeton is in charge of arrangements.
Annie Gjesdal was born May 24, 1991, in Breckenridge, Minn. She was baptized at the Luverne Lutheran Church, Luverne, N.D. She attended the Learning Tree Preschool in Breckenridge and elementary school at Zimmerman School in Wahpeton.
In 2005 she was confirmed at Bethel Lutheran Church. Annie was a very talented young woman. She graduated from Wahpeton High School on her 18th birthday, May 24, 2009, with academic honors, spent this last summer working full time at the North Dakota State College of Science Enrollment Services Office and started her practical nursing curriculum this fall at NDSCS. Her plans were to continue her education in the medical field and pursue her doctorate in neurology.
She was a family-oriented girl who enjoyed spending time with family and friends, the holidays and being creative with her baking skills. She had a large number of cookbooks and most recently tried her new Paula Deen recipes. Annie was a disciplined student and made a personal choice as a teenager not to drink; she would prefer a movie with friends instead of house parties. She was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, National Honor Society, Wahpeton High School band, tennis and art club. She was extremely creative and many of her art projects were displayed at both her home and school. Annie was very ambitious and worked with the high school and college concessions. She attended the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., this past January with the Close-Up Club of Wahpeton High School.
She will be sadly missed by: her loving mother, Brenda, Wahpeton; her “Special Mom” Carol and Sid Harrison, Fargo, N.D.; her uncle, Bradley and Rhonda Gjesdal, Cooperstown, N.D.; and special cousins, Erika Gjesdal, Valley City, N.D., and Garret (Lindsay) Gjesdal and their daughter, Esther, Lancaster, Minn.; and a very special friend in Amanda Loepp, Wahpeton.
She was preceded in death by: her maternal grandparents, Lloyd and Doris Gjesdal of Cooperstown.
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