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MOHALL - Helen Moberg, 96, Mohall, died Sunday, September 27, 2020, at a Bottineau nursing home, grateful to have spent her final years close to her roots in the Good Samaritan Society-Bottineau.
Helen was known for her wit and laughter.  Raised in Willow City, Helen was a dedicated wife to her husband of 74 years and devoted and loving mother to her nine children.
Born Helen Marie Lyngstad on December 8, 1923, to Ole and Ida (Rockvoy) Lyngstad, she was baptized in the rural Bottineau County Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church and rode the school bus driven by her father. After schooling she and sister, Adeline, seized an opportunity when they were approached by a man who came to their farm looking for help in his Mohall café.  She met Lloyd Moberg there and they were married August 3, 1943, in Plentywood, MT. The couple farmed northwest of Mohall following his service in World War II.  During one especially hard winter, 12 weeks elapsed before Helen could leave the farm.
They bought some land and moved their young family to two miles west of Mohall.  She worked at the admissions desk at the Renville/Bottineau County Memorial Hospital and he worked on a diversified farm.  Then Lloyd took employment with Standard Oil in Sherwood, where they also owned and operated L&H Market grocery store for six years.  While living in the lake cottage at Lake Metigoshe and the town of Bottineau for a brief time, they planned to purchase the Mohall Motel in 1977.  Within a few years, they were able to retire and build a home back on the farm. They embarked on travel in earnest and eventually toured all 50 states visiting children scattered across the United States and Canada.
Helen devoted a great deal of herself over the years to serving her community and women's organizations.  She was active at local and district levels in the Brandon Busy Bee Homemakers Club, Study Club, Renville County Historical Society Board, and the American Legion Auxiliary.  In leisure times she enjoyed playing rag time piano, square dancing, and polka dancing. She was celebrated for her extraordinary bread making, and she mentored some of her sons and daughters on how to prepare and enjoy lutefisk and lefse.
Family: Helen is survived by seven of her children, Cassandra (Frank) Barrett, Fallon, NV, Mark (Eileen Peterson) Moberg, Sun Lakes, AZ, Leann (Craig) Knutson, Ashville, Manitoba, Virgil (Jan Brown) Moberg, Warfordsburg, PA, Kristie (Larry) Breitung, Belle Plaine, MN, John (Tina Ring) Moberg, Washburn, and Hallie (Todd) Burnett. Pensacola, FL; daughter-in-law, Sally Moberg, Gold Canyon, AZ, 17 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, sister, Inez (Nick) Harper, Winter Haven, FL, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Helen was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband Lloyd Moberg, who died July 17, 2016; brothers, Arthur Lyngstad and Vernon Lyngstad; sisters, Adeline Johnson and Lois Johnson; son, Kenneth Moberg; and daughter Julane (aka Bunny), her husband David Eaton and their son, Jeff Eaton.
Graveside Service: 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 2, 2020, at McKinney Cemetery, rural Tolley.  Please follow social distancing guidelines.  A link to a video of the graveside service will be posted to her online obituary after the service.
Burial: McKinney Cemetery, rural Tolley.
Visitation: 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday, October 1, 2020, at Brose Funeral Home, Mohall.  Friends may also sign the online guestbook at brosefuneralhome.com.
Memorials: Memorials preferred to the Mohall Ambulance Service and the American Cancer Society.
(Brose Funeral Home, Mohall)