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Park River, N.D. -Dorothy M. Eklund, age 87 of Park River, N.D., passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at the Park River Good Samaritan Center.

Dorothy Mae Thingelstad was born at home in Pinecreek, July 10, 1932 the daughter of the late Carl and Mildred (Erickson) Thingelstad. She grew up and attended a one room school in Pinecreek, graduating from Roseau High School in 1950.

Dorothy married Robert V. Eklund September 22, 1951. She was a member of Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Park River and, while raising their four children, kept busy with church activities such as teaching Sunday sch...