Sylvia Knutsvig

SYLVIA KNUTSVIG, 68, OF BUXTON, ND WENT TO HEAVEN ON MARCH 3, 2014. SHE WAS BORN ON 4-12-1945 IN MAYVILLE, ND AND WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ORVAL AND HELEN FRIGSTAD. SYLVIA LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR MOST OF HER CHILDHOOD HALFWAY BETWEEN MAYVILLE AND HATTON. SHE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN HER CLASS AT THE COUNTRY SCHOOL UNTIL THE 8TH GRADE. SHE GRADUATED FROM HATTON HIGH SCHOOL AS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS.SHE MARRIED THE LATE DUANE KNUTSVIG ON 9-24-1965 IN GRAND FORKS, ND AND THEY LIVED TOGETHER IN BUXTON, ND FOR 45 YEARS OF MARRIAGE. SYLVIA WAS THE POSTMASTER OF THE BUXTON POST OFFICE UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. SYLVIA WAS A DEVOTED WIFE AND MOTHER AND ALWAYS SAID "WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET" AND SHE MEANT IT WORD FOR WORD. SHE WAS A VERY HUMBLE PERSON WHO LOVED TO SPEND TIME WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. SHE MADE THIS WORLD A MORE BEAUTIFUL PLACE JUST BY BEING ALIVE. SHE ALWAYS GREETED EVERONE WITH A SMILE AND HELPED CLOSE FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. SHEIS SURVIVED BY FOUR CHILDREN: KRIS (SCOTT) LOVELL, FT COLLINS, CO; KATHY KNUTSVIG, GREELEY, CO; KAREN (LEROY) HENDRICKS, WACONIA, MN; DAVID KNUTSVIG, BUXTON, ND: 7 GRAND CHILDREN: LUCAS, SPENCER, NOAH AND TAYLOR LOVELL, FT COLLINS, CO: JACOB, ABBY AND ELLA HENDRICKS, WACONIA, MN. 10 NIECES AND 9 NEPHEWS.IN-LAWS BONNY (JIM)STEVENS, MARTINSBURG, WV, DARREL (WANDA) KNUTSVIG, BUXTON, ND, BETTY KRAUSE (KNUTSVIG), PARKER, CO, DIANE (JOHN)REINHARD, KANSAS CITY, KS, JUDY (STEVE) FINSTROM, SAVAGE, MN, JERRY KNUTSVIG, BUXTON, ND, ORLEAN JR. "SONNY" (RITA) KNUTSVIG, REYNOLDS, ND. SPECIAL FRIENDS, LAURIE AND NORM EVENSON. A VIEWING WILL BE HELD FROM 5:00-7:00 ON MARCH 7, 2014 AT AMUNDSON FUNERAL HOME, GRAND FORKS, ND. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 PM ON MARCH 8TH, 2014 AT IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH, BUXTON, ND.