Dorothy Marie Frisvold

Dorothy Frisvold age 73 of Garvin, MN died Friday, October 28, 2011 at Sanford-Sioux Valley Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Services will be 10:30 AM Monday, October 31, 2011 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Balaton, MN. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Interment will take place in the Bethel Cemetery following the luncheon that will be served immediately after the service. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. Dorothy Marie Frisvold was born June 17, 1938 to Kermit and Minnie (Klein) Pagel in the Tracy Hospital in Tracy, MN, Lyon County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Her family moved to the Dodge Center, MN area then to Ruthton, MN and settled near Garvin, MN. She graduated from Ruthton High School in 1957. Dorothy then attended secretarial school in Minneapolis, MN and shortly after completing her degree, she moved to Washington D. C. On September 26, 1959 Dorothy married Edward Bethune in Washington D. C., where they made their home. She worked as a secretary for the U. S. Military and also several positions within the District of Columbia. She moved back to Garvin in the early 1960’s and on November 14, 1965 Dorothy married Marlin Frisvold at the Garvin Congregational Church. They lived near Garvin on a farm for several years before moving into Garvin in 1968. In June of 1975 Dorothy went to work for SSU in Marshall, MN as a secretary in the Social Science Department until her retirement in November of 2002. She was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Balaton, and the Genealogy Club. Dorothy enjoyed reading, clipping newspaper articles, canning and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. On Friday, October 28, 2011 Dorothy died, surrounded by her loving family, at the Sanford-Sioux Valley Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 73. Dorothy is survived by her husband, Marlin Frisvold of Garvin, MN; three sons, Michael Bethune, Donald Bethune and Dale (Mary Kay) Frisvold, all of Garvin, MN; two daughters, Marlene (Jeff) Miller of Garvin, MN and Suzanne (fiancé, Kent Burch) Frisvold of Marshall, MN; three grandchildren, John Frisvold, Kathrine and Jessica Miller; one brother, John (Bonnie) Pagel of Jamestown, ND; nieces, nephews and friends. Her parents, Kermit and Minnie Pagel, one infant brother and one infant sister preceded her in death.