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(Aug. 25, 1926 - May 20, 2016)
Beatrice Lillian (Ockert) Pease died Friday, May 20, 2016. She was 89.
Beatrice was born in Biladeau Township near Sykeston, North Dakota, on Aug. 25, 1926, to John and Molly Ockert. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from Sykeston High School.
She attended Valley City Normal School and taught first-grade at Lodge Grass, Montana, for two years. There she met and married her husband, Fellows (Bud) Pease. They had four children together.
The family moved to Powell in 1952. They divorced in 1968, and Beatrice went to work at the Powell Hospital as a respiratory therapist aide.
Beatrice loved taking care of her home and her family. She liked to bake and was a good cook. She raised big gardens and canned the produce.
Beatrice enjoyed crocheting, knitting and embroidery and always looked forward to seeing all the handiwork at the county fair. She loved traveling and doing family genealogy. She kept the family scrapbooks and photo albums up to date.
Her passion was art and painting. She took almost every art class offered by Northwest College and spent many happy hours in her basement studio painting pictures.
Beatrice was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and a sister.
She is survived by her brother Lester (Lois) of West Fargo, North Dakota; her children Michael (Donella) of Powell, Delores of Hardin, Montana, David (Linda) of Powell and Francis of Powell; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Viewing will be held Wednesday, May 25, from 1-3 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home in Powell.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, May 28, in Cathay Cemetery in Cathay, North Dakota, at 1 p.m.
Thompson Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements.
Memorials donations may be made to the Moyer Animal Shelter in Powell.
