Lorraine Lavon Patzner

Lorraine Patzner, 94, Fargo formerly of Minot and Hurdsfield died Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Evantide of Fargo where she was under the care of Hospice. Funeral date and time at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Goodrich has not been set as of today (Sunday). Please refer back the time and date will be set soon. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Lorraine Lavon Weisz was born on November 11, 1923 on a farm north of Hurdsfield, ND. She was the daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Schmitke) Weisz. When she was nine years old the family moved to a farm south of Hurdsfield where she attended country school. In 1946 the Weisz family moved to Washington State returning to Hurdsfield in 1951. Lorraine was once married to Robert Patzner. They had two sons, Terry and Andrew. The family lived in Minot. Lorraine provided day care for several families in Minot including the Jack Nybakken family. She relocated to Fargo after her home was flooded in 2011. Lorraine lived in a 55 and over community at River View, moved to the Good Samaritan Home in Arthur, ND and returned to Fargo where she lived at Maple View. She was under the care of hospice at the Evantide of Fargo for the last few days of her life. Lorraine had a green thumb and loved her flowers and would share pictures of them with her family and friends. She was a member of the Veterans Of Foreign Wars and Moose Lodge Auxiliaries both in Minot. Lorraine is survived by her son, Andy and his wife Brenda of Fargo; four grandchildren; brother, Robert Weisz of Hurdsfield; five sisters, Helen Myres of Cedar City, Utah, Virginia Widicker of Bowdon, ND, Dessa Hardin of Loma Linda, California, Dorothy Weisz and Betty Gutknecht both of Lincoln, Nebraska. Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents and a son Terry. Arrangements with Hertz Funeral Home, Harvey, ND.