Viola J. Barrett

Viola Barrett, 78, Fargo, ND, died on Friday, April 8, 2005, in Elim Nursing Home, Fargo, ND.Viola Jeanette Barrett was born in rural Rutland, ND, on October 15, 1926, to Henning and Agnes Wold Hawkinson. She attended rural grade school, three years of high school at Rutland, ND, and one year of high school at Havana, ND. Vi married John C. "Mike" Barrett on January 13, 1951, in Fargo, ND. She worked in the accounting department at the Fargo Glass and Paint Company in Fargo for sixteen years. During those years she also helped her husband Mike, along with others, to found Barrett Mobile Home Transport Incorporated, where she served as accountant and corporate secretary until the business closed in July of 1999. Mike died on Friday, April 8, 1994. Vi's faith was extremely important to her and she was a long time active member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. She enjoyed downhill skiing and loved to golf, and had the good fortune of making two holes in one at the Moorhead Country Club.Viola is survived by one son, Chris Michele Barrett, McDonough, GA; one daughter, Nancy Barrett Ouderkirk fiance' Dan Osborn, Fargo, ND; four grandchildren, Kailynn and Evan Ouderkirk, and Michael and Caroline Barrett; two sisters, Salina Arneson, Wahpeton, ND, and Karen Jerry Lykes, Seattle, WA; caregiver, Shirley Olson. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Mike Barrett, brother Donald Hawkinson, and sister, Ruth Kullama.