Donna M. Friesz Obituary (1934

Donna M. Friesz, 82, Mandan, North Dakota, died, Monday, January 23, 2017, at CHI St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, January 30, 2017 at First Lutheran Church of Mandan, with Rev. Christina Martin, officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 2:00-5:00 PM, Sunday, January 29, 2017, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Service, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Mandan Union Cemetery. Donna was born December 18, 1934, at Noonan, North Dakota, to Clinton and Emma (Braaten) Moss. She was raised and educated in Hamlet, North Dakota. On October 20, 1978, she married Larry Friesz in Mandan. Donna was close to her family and would always remember birthdays and holidays with a phone call or card. She loved working with handicapped people and provided adult foster care. She also enjoyed collecting spoons and teapots, working in her flower beds, and especially family gatherings. She taught Sunday school and vacation Bible school. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence, one daughter, Darla (Marlow) Yates, Delta, Utah; two sons, Dwight (Josephine) Sorboen, of King George, Virginia and Darrel (Patricia) Sorboen, Woodenville, Washington; two sisters and Carol (Jim) Steffins and Judy Moss, all of Aberdeen, South Dakota; two brothers, Alvin Moss, Coos Bay, Oregon, and Richard (Evelyn) Moss, Center; six grandchildren, Eric and Kimberly Sorboen, Taylor and Zachary Brown and Kyle and Kayla Yates; and three great-grandchildren. Donna was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Alice Brorby and Deborah Bain; three brothers Bruce, Ronald, and Jerry Moss; and foster adult Harold Lentz.