Madge Amanda (nee Dubourt) Meisel, age 85 of Williston, ND and recently Owensville, MO, passed away on March 27, 2021.

She was born on February 23, 1936 in Grand Forks, ND to Paul and LaRaine Dubourt. She grew up in and around the Grand Forks area. She graduated from St James High School in Grand Forks and went on to get her nursing license from St Michael’s Nursing School in Grand Forks.

Madge married George at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grand Forks, ND on September 2, 1957. They moved to Williston, ND in 1959 where she worked as an RN at Mercy Hospital for 35 years. She and George briefly worked as, and taught, EMTs. Madge coordinated numerous local blood drives. She very proudly earned her Bachelors of Nursing degree from University of Mary in 1984. Her love of the profession led her to establish and teach the Health Careers class at Williston High School for 20 years and nursing classes at Williston State College for 3 years. Madge remained a caregiver at heart, always caring for someone or volunteering somewhere. She was a proud member of the Catholic Daughters, serving in a leadership position for years. She loved organizing their events as well as other events to gather friends or family.

Madge loved gardening, spending endless hours in her expansive and beautiful flower and vegetable gardens. She also loved feeding and watching birds, becoming quite an amateur expert. Madge loved traveling with George and the kids and later with her sisters and friends.

Madge was preceded in death by her husband, George; parents, Paul and LaRaine; twin sister, Margery who died as a young child; father-in-law, Lewis Meisel; mother-in-law, Pauline Meisel; son, Paul Meisel; son-in-law, Dave Schlemper; brothers-in-law, Carl Meisel, Bob (Virginia) Meisel, Shorty Hansen (Mary) and Mike West (Polly); sisters-in-law, Mary (Shorty) Hansen and Frances (Martin) Meisel.

Those who are left to treasure her memory are her children, Marge Kunik (Bill) of Lakeville, MN, Kathie Runge (Kevin) of Belle, MO, Joseph of Williston and Anne of rural Minot; her grandchildren, Katie Cobb (Dustin), Erinn Kunik (Wade Aitken-Palmer), Lewis Kunik, Matt Schlemper, Jessica Robeson (Lee) and Jonathan Schlemper (Lindsey); her great grandchildren, Jordyn Julian, Waylon Schlemper and Wayne Schlemper; her siblings, Laddie Oster, Polly Kegler (Dennis), Marcello Dubourt, Patrick DuBourt and Chuck Dubourt; in-laws, Martin Meisel, Emily Meisel, Jim Meisel (Carolyn) and Polly West; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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