Orpha L. Stumbo

Orpha Laverne Bjerke was born September 20, 1938, to Nile and Olga Bjerke in rural Ulen, MN. She grew up there, attending country school for three years before attending Ulen Public School. She graduated in 1956 from Ulen High School. On December 17, 1959, she married Lynne Stumbo. Together they raised six children. They moved to Moorhead and she worked for Clay County Health for 20 years. She was a caring, patient, hard working and proud woman who put others before herself. She truly enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She will be missed by those who know her. Orpha is survived by children, Rose Ken Gay, Dan Jane Stumbo, Thom Michelle Stumbo, Greg Jenny Stumbo and Kevin Stumbo; 13 grandchildren; 1 great-grandson; mother, Olga Bjerke; sisters, Norma Waldo Hilde, Alvina Tim Newman, Carol Robert Ellingson, Eileen Maynard Karsten and Debbie Pollock; and brothers, Wayne Bjerke and Duane Connie Bjerke.She was preceded in death by her daughter, Sandra; and father, Nile.