{"id":130724,"date":"2017-10-11T17:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T22:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=130724"},"modified":"2017-10-12T09:20:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T14:20:13","slug":"elda-thurn-oct-10-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=130724","title":{"rendered":"Elda Vera Thurn October 10, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On October 10th, Elda Vera (Pfeifle) Thurn died peacefully in her sleep.\u00a0 She was 84 years old and lived at Pioneer House in Fargo, ND.\u00a0 Elda was born to Art and Ida (Iszler) Pfeifle on May 26, 1933.\u00a0 She grew up on the family farm near Ashley, ND.<\/p>\n

Elda met John Thurn Jr. one rainy evening in Ashley.\u00a0 After dating for two years, John popped the question on her 18th birthday.\u00a0 They were married on June 15, 1952.\u00a0 They had five children.<\/p>\n

John and Elda were members of St. John\u2019s Lutheran Church, where she was active in circle.\u00a0 She also enjoyed her homemaker\u2019s group, where she made many crafts and developed lifelong friendships.<\/p>\n

Elda was employed at Central Dakota Nursing Home as a cook, housekeeper, and certified nursing assistant.\u00a0 She went on to manage the cafeteria snack line at Jamestown High School.\u00a0 She thoroughly enjoyed decorating for the holidays, both at work and at home.\u00a0 She loved visiting with family and friends.\u00a0 The coffee was always on, and there was always plenty of food to share.\u00a0 Elda and John loved camping, traveling, and playing card games, especially pinochle.<\/p>\n

Elda is survived by her children, Lyle Thurn, Bismarck, Bonnie & Ron Clarys, Fargo, Beatrice & Craig Mikkelsen, West Fargo, Belinda Cherney, Jamestown, Michelle & Craig Schultz, Portland, OR, grandchildren Melissa Thurn, Fargo, Leisa & Mike Hrdlicka, Fargo, Steve & Sara Clarys, Fargo, Kristin Clarys & Mike Goulet, Denver, CO, Josh Mikkelsen & Sondra Boothe, West Fargo, Laura Mikkelsen, West Fargo, Kurt Cherney, West Fargo, Scott Cherney, West Fargo, Riley Schultz, Portland, OR, Samantha Schultz, Portland, OR, great-grandchildren Lucas Hrdlicka, Fargo, Katelyn Clarys, Fargo, Kennedy Clarys, Fargo, Ronon Hartog, West Fargo, Kashdon Cherney, West Fargo.\u00a0 Elda is also survived by additional family of Mabel Pfeifle, Duane & Jean Pfeifle, and Joey & Harry Dodd.<\/p>\n

She was preceded in death by her husband, John Thurn Jr., son, Don Cherney, and brother Jerome Pfeifle, and other extended family members.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Funeral Service:<\/strong><\/em> 10:30 a.m., Saturday, October 14, 2017 at St. John\u2019s Lutheran Church, Jamestown, with Pastor Erik Weber officiating.
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Visitation:<\/strong><\/em> 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, October 13, 2017 at Eddy Funeral Home, Jamestown.<\/em><\/p>\n

Interment:<\/strong><\/em> Highland Home Cemetery, Jamestown.<\/em><\/p>\n

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On October 10th, Elda Vera (Pfeifle) Thurn died peacefully in her sleep.\u00a0 She was 84 years old and lived at Pioneer House in Fargo, ND.\u00a0 Elda was born to Art and Ida (Iszler) Pfeifle on May 26, 1933.\u00a0 She grew up on the family farm near Ashley, ND. Elda met […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":130726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130724"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130759,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130724\/revisions\/130759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/130726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}