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Alice Helen (Christenson) Lund was born May 29, 1915, in Knox, ND, to Emil & Anna Christenson. She was the oldest of 7 children. When she was a teenager her family moved to Divide County in western ND where she lived until her marriage to Edwin Lund, on December 20, 1933, in Crosby, ND. Ed & Alice worked for various farmers in the Stady, ND, area until they moved for a brief time to Great Falls, MT, where Ed worked at the smelter and Alice worked as a waitress. They re- turned to the Lund family farm near Stady in 1945, where Ed & Alice worked side by side for 20 years raising small grains and tending to the farm animals. In 1965, Ed & Alice moved to Grenora, ND. Alice spent much of her time baking and cleaning, two of her favorite things to do. Her granddaughters recall their favorite baked item, date filled cookies, which Grandma Alice would hand out in little tins. Alice also had a way to make meatballs feel like a feast fit for a King. She liked to bake homemade bread and would often give friends and family a loaf of “fresh” bread when you would visit. When most people retire, they slow down. Not Alice! She hired out to do painting and clean- ing until well into her 70’s. She was always glad to “house sit ”‘for any of her country friends when they would go on vacation. You could take the girl out of the country but you couldn’t take the country out of the girl. Alice was very proud to say she kept a diary of her life and times for over 70 years. In 2005, due to failing health Alice moved to the Bethel Home in Williston, ND, where she resided until her death. Alice loved to play cards, whist, pinochle, smear; it didn’t matter as long as someone wanted to play. Winning the quarter “pot” at the end of the evening always brought a smile to Alice’s face. She also loved to accompany, or as she called it “chord” for Ed on the piano when he would play “old time” music on his accordion. Alice loved to read and to the end would read the Crosby and Williston papers to keep up on what was going with her friends in the area. Some of the many things her grandchildren stated they would remember about their Grandma were – Grandma’s beautiful hands, playing cards, shelling peanuts, Bugles, accordion and player piano, and dances. For many years, Ed and Alice spent Christmas Eve with the Hendrickson family and Christmas Day with Arden’s family, where they created many fond memories with their grandkids. The Norwegian meals at holiday time always included homemade lefse, lutefisk, flat bread and grandma’s famous red Jell-O with bananas. Alice was a member of the Writing Rock Lutheran Church until its close, and also a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Grenora, ND. She was a member of the Grenora and Alamo Senior Citizens organizations and loved to go to the Senior Citizen dinners at Alamo. Alice is survived by her son, Arden and his wife Pam of Medicine Lake, MT, and their children, Melissa (KC) Holum, Scobey, MT, and their children, Mayson, Kaz & Camrie; Mandie (Troy) Sundsted, Spearfish, SD, and their sons, Zachary, Walker, Dawson, Alec, & Joshua; Derek of Spearfish, SD; and Patrick of Scobey, MT; and her youngest brother, Raymond Christenson of Black Eagle, MT.
