Delores Sudbrink

Delores Eleanor Thompson was born April 11, 1938 to Theodore Oliver Thompson and Hannah (Sandven) Thompson in Beaver Township, Benson County, ND.  She passed away November 20, 2017 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND, exactly one year to the day that her son Rob passed away. The Thompson family lived on a farm south of York, ND.  Delores and her brothers and sister attended school in Beaver Township.  She made many friends in her school years, including life-long friend Mary Jo (Blegen) Harmel.  Delores attended Leeds High School, and graduated co-valedictorian of the Class of 1956.  After graduation Delores attended Mayville State College, studying to be a teacher.  She taught school in Maddock and Grafton, ND.  On June 11, 1961 Delores and James Lemuel “Jim” Johnson, III were married in St. Petri Lutheran Church, west of the family farm. They lived in a small house in York for a short time.  In 1962, their first son, James Lemuel Johnson, IV was born in Rugby, ND.  It was at this time that Jim’s National Guard unit from Rugby was deployed to Fort Riley, KS during the Cuban Missile Crisis.  After a long, hot summer the family came back to North Dakota. Jim worked for the Rugby National Guard.  In 1963, Daniel Eugene Johnson, the couple’s second son was born.  Jim took a job with the police department in Rugby, where the family lived for several years.  Delores worked at a grocery store as a cashier for several years there as well.  Two more children were born in Rugby, Robert Scott Johnson in 1970 and Julie Renee Johnson in 1972.  The Johnson family moved to Pembina, ND from 1973-1975, where Jim joined the Pembina County Sheriff's Department, then transferred to Cavalier, ND working as a Deputy Sheriff and Police Chief.  Delores worked several years as a cashier at the Warehouse Market.  Delores also met another great friend while living in Cavalier, Faye Sturlaugson.  Next stop was Petersburg, ND.  Her husband, Jim passed away in 1998 from lung cancer, at the age of 63.  Five years passed, until Delores met and married Carl Leslie "Bud" Sudbrink.  The couple were married in Petersburg, and then moved to Glenwood, MN, where Bud had been living.  Bud passed away in 2016, followed shortly after by Delores' son, Robert.  Both passed away in Glenwood.  Delores then wanted to move closer to her family, and relocated to East Grand Forks, MN.  She loved her new home in the Town Square senior living apartments.  At this time, she was suffering from many ailments, including cancer.  After three rounds of chemotherapy, her body just couldn't keep up.  Everywhere she went in life she met and secured longtime friendships.  She loved everyone, and everyone loved her.  She treated everyone as if they were family.  Delores and her sister Janice were always very close and spent a lot of time together. She was a very active member in the Rebekahs and the Eastern Star.  Delores was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Johnson, III; son, Robert Johnson; husband, Carl Sudbrink; brothers, Arden Juline Thompson, Arvid Troy Thompson, Howard Jerome Thompson; and a granddaughter, Corrin Elaine Olson.   Survivors include her sister, Janice Irene Nelson, West Fargo, ND; brothers, Irving Dennis (Janice Baker) Thompson, George Donald (Inger Bjerke) Thompson, Leeds, ND, sister-in-law, Bonnie (Britsch) Thompson; sons, James (Linda Skarphol) Johnson, Grand Forks; Daniel (Mary Stephens) Johnson, Arlington, TX; daughter, Julie Johnson, Hoople, ND; granddaughters, Kirsten (Matthew) Samantha Pic, Northwood, ND, Laura Brit (Maynard) Reimnitz, Sioux Falls, SD; Rebecca Renee (Wyatt) Beyer, Casselton, ND, Brooklyn Rose Johnson, Hoople, ND, Megan Elise Johnson, Arlington, TX; grandsons, Bradley James Johnson, Arlington, TX, Dalton Jay Johnson, Hoople, ND; step-great-grandson, Ivan Pic, Northwood, ND; step-daughters, Ava Marie (Ken) Seibert, Joy Lynn Sudbrink; and step-son, Carl Warren Sudbrink. Funeral Service will be held Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Sharon Lutheran Church, Grand Forks. Visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the start of the service. Burial will be held in the spring of 2018 at York Cemetery, York, ND. In Lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to American Heart Association.