Everett D. Bolstad

Everett Donald Bolstad passed away Sunday June 18, 2005 at the Rosewood on Broadway nursing home in Fargo, ND. Everett was born in Crookston Minnesota on January 11th, 1919 to Anna Ethel Griffin Bolstad and Oscar Knute Bolstad. He was the third, the youngest and the family's favorite child; he grew up to be the Bolstad Family patriarch, genealogist, historian, protector and care giver. Everett now rejoins his mother and father, his late brother Ellsworth Griffin Bolstad and his late sister Glenna LaRue Bolstad-Kent. The Bolstad Family moved to Fertile for a short time when Everett was three and then moved back to Crookston where Everett graduated from Crookston High School. The family then moved to Moorhead, Minnesota permanently in 1941. Everett continued his education at Concordia College and he graduated in 1947. He joined Pioneer Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1942 where he worked in various duties for the next 38 years until he retired as a Vice President. After retiring in 1981, Everett pursued his Masters Degree in Liberal Arts at Moorhead State University. He spent a summer studying at Oxford University and traveling through many capitals cities in Europe including London, Paris and Rome. Upon receiving his Masters degree in 1984 Everett continued on to work part time for the Masters Program at MSU. Everett was also active in his church, Our Saviors, in Moorhead, and taught Sunday School for over twenty years. Everett will be laid to rest next to his mother and father, brother and sister in Riverside Cemetery, Moorhead, MN.Everett is survived by his brother Ellsworth's two children, Lisa Bolstad of Los Angeles, California and Clifton Bolstad of Minneapolis, Minnesota.