Olive J. Brantner

Olive J. Brantner, 92 of Moorhead, MN, died Thursday, January 4, 2007, in Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN.Olive Judith Kragnes was born on January 18, 1914 in Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada to Bernhard and Bertha Espeland Kragnes. In 1918 her family moved to the United States. She was baptized at Scandia Lutheran Church in Hendon, Saskatchewan. She grew up and attended school in rural Clay County. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1931. She then attended State Teachers College in Moorhead for one year, graduating in 1932 with a degree in Rural Education. Olive taught for two years in Viding Township until her marriage to Paul Brantner on April 21, 1934 in Glyndon, MN. On July 23, 1975 she became a United States Citizen. She was very active in the North Buffalo Lutheran Church women's circle as well as a Sunday School teacher for numerous years. She was also active with the Republican Party, the Viding Birthday Club and gardening. While at Eventide she enjoyed her numerous friends while playing Bingo and enjoying a good cup of coffee. She will be missed dearly by her family and numerous friends.She is survived by three sons, Jerry June Brantner of Fargo, ND, Lanny Lois Brantner of Fargo, ND and Michael Lynn Brantner of Glyndon, MN; one daughter, Kathleen Eric Anderson of Billings, MT; one daughter-in-law, Arlys Brantner of Dilworth, MN; fifteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Paul Brantner; one son, Perry Brantner; three brothers, Alvin, Lloyd and Bernhard Kragnes; two sisters, Adeline Askelson and Lola Anderson; two grandchildren, Douglas and Ronald Brantner; and one great grandchild, Decker Waldera.In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to North Buffalo Lutheran Church, Eventide Lutheran Home, the Paul and Olive Brantner Endowment Fund at Oak Grove Lutheran School, or the American Diabetes Association.