Betty C. Bosak

Betty Lou Charlotte Bosak lived ninety-three years and left a legacy of love. She was preceded in death by her cherished husband, Clifford, who died in 2020, her beloved son, Gregory, who died in 2018, also her brother Kenneth and his wife Jennelle. Betty is survived by her 4 remaining children: Sherie (John Mischke), Steven (Kim), Jeffrey (Cindy), Douglas (Michelle), and Greg’s spouse, Angie Bosak (Brad Carlson). Betty leaves12 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. 

Betty was born to Luella (Thom) Swanholm and Alfred Swanholm in Moorhead in 1931. At the age of 5, her father died of lead poisoning when automobile paint that he was working with got into his blood stream through a cut. This left Betty’s mother to raise Betty and her five month old brother, Kenneth in a one bedroom apartment where they remained until Betty married. Betty often commented about how different her life might have been had her father lived. 

Betty graduated from Moorhead High School in 1949 and from Dakota Business College in 1951. While working as an office manager at Horvick Electric she met Clifford Bosak together they would build a life of love and goodness. 

They married in June of 1956. Cliff borrowed money from his brother to purchase a wedding ring and Betty borrowed a wedding dress from a friend. Their morning wedding was followed by a church luncheon and then an afternoon of outdoor dancing at Uncle Mike’s farm where Cliff’s brothers had assembled a wooden dance floor and cousin Tommy Bosak played the accordion. More celebration and dance followed that night at the Moorhead KC’s. 

Within their first year of marriage, they had their first child and built their first home. Together they raised a family of five children (all born within six years) and started CB Electric in 1969 which continues into the 3rd generation. Betty was CB Electric’s office manager, she handled the billing and payroll and hunted down any penny that wasn’t accounted for. She remained in this role until she retired at the age of 75. This long career allowed her to enjoy daily lunch with her sons and an open office door for family and friends to drop by. 

After the death of Cliff, Betty remained in her home during covid with the great live-in assistance of our extended family member, Debbie Nelson. Betty then spent the remaining two and half years in the gracious home of Julia and Mike Kramer, and their five children, and staff, Mary, Thea, Mia, April and Mary. Betty enjoyed loving care in a setting with enough family energy to make her feel right at home.

Betty was on the shy side and private, but she was effusive with her affection for her husband and children, her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her family enjoys the deep abiding knowledge that they were deeply loved by her. That deep love was mutual.

Our deepest thanks to dear Cory of Hospice of the Red River Valley, whom Betty loved, and shower helpers Mary and Crystal. 

A visitation will be held on Friday, January 17, from 5-6:30 PM with a prayer service beginning at 6:30 at Wright Funeral Home, Moorhead, MN.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, January 18, at 11:00 AM with a visitation one hour before the service at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, Moorhead, MN.

Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery.