Delores Bergquist

Delores Bergquist, 88, Bismarck, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020 at Augusta Place, Bismarck. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck. A prayer service will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Delores Evangeline Bergquist was born on May 25, 1931, the second of seven children, to William and Annie (Hochhalter) Steinert. She was raised on a farm north of Regan and received her education at Pleasant View School in Burleigh county. As a young girl, she was eyeing a young neighbor boy, Hjalmar Bergquist, who was drafted into the Army. After he returned, she married him on November 20, 1949. They had three boys, Ernie, Dave, and Curt. They made their life on the farm north of Regan until Hjalmar passed away on February 23, 1974. She moved to Bismarck and started working at the Baptist Nursing Home as a CNA in the Alzheimer’s Unit for over 25 years.

Delores had a strong faith that never failed no matter what life dealt her. She expressed and lived life treating others with kindness regardless what was happening in her own life. She was a member of the First Evangelical Free Church in Bismarck. In her leisure time, she enjoyed cooking and doing needlework, especially embroidery.

Delores was dearly loved and will be deeply missed by her family and many good friends. She is survived by three sons, Ernie (Betty), Mandan; Dave (Debbie), Wilton; and Curt (Lori), Wilton; daughter-in-law, Punky Bergquist; grandchildren, Ted Bergquist, Terry (Jessica) Bergquist, Travis (Shauna) Bergquist, Jason (Leann) Bergquist, Carisa (Mitch) Voightman, and Megan (Rich) Neumiller, Marty (Dayna) Randall, Tami (Corey) Bohne, and Travis Koropatnicki; great-grandchildren, Izzy, Harper, Tennasyn, Emily, Ella, William, Brodie, Jake, Aubrey, Austin, Jack, Taylor, Lindsey, Cole; brother, Rueben (Nyleen) Steinert, Wilton; three sisters, Ruby (Warren) Roseville, MN; Helen (Arvid) Backman, Wilton; Dorothy (Dale) Betz, Forest Lake, MN; sisters-in-law, Bea (Earnest) Vollan, Bismarck; and Elaine Steiner, Denver, CO; and many nieces and nephews.

Delores was preceded in death by her husband, Hjalmar; and her parents; two brothers, Leo and Leonard Steinert; brother-in-law, Loyd Asplund; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Emil and Helen Bergquist; nephew, Scott Steinert; niece, Pam Steinert; and a great-great-granddaughter, Ava.