Loretta Heyd

 

Loretta Nitschke Heyd was born November 20, 1926, the daughter of Gotfried and Dorothea (Schock) Nitschke, in Ashley, North Dakota. She grew up on the family farm. She received her education in a rural one room McIntosh country school. She was baptized and confirmed in German in the Lutheran Church. She married Jacob Heyd July 31, 1945.

 

Before Loretta’s ailing health, she was very active. She did water exercises, line dancing, played in the Sunshine band and sang with the Silver Tones at the Senior Center and at nursing homes. She participated in Thursday morning bible study at Immanuel Lutheran Church. She could be found in the kitchen at church many times helping out where needed. One time she helped in making 300 cabbage rolls for the fall festival fund raiser. She always had a nice garden and did a lot of canning, baking, and cooking. She was “Cooking Grandma” to 3 of her grandsons as she was always making some delicious food when they came to visit. Loretta was an active member of the Germans from Russia for many years. She spoke German fluently and often sang in German for many events.

 

Loretta is survived by 4 sons, DuWayne (Rhonda), Frank (Betty) of Grand Forks, Clyde (Debbie) of Billings, MT and John (Arleen) of Schafer, MN; daughter Roxann (Jayson) Sorum of Grand Forks; 7 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 2 sisters, Delores Schneider of Ashley, ND and Lenora Nitschke Johnson of Aberdeen, SD, and many nieces and nephews.

 

She was proceeded in death by her husband Jacob on March 12, 1994; 2 brothers, Lloyd, and Hugo; 1 sister Alvina Schlenker; 3 sisters-in-law; 5 brothers-in-law; daughter-in-law, Kathy and a grandson, Scott.

 

A special thank you to the staff at Edgewood Senior Living, Dr. Josh Greene and the nurses who took care of her at Altru.

 

**In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family. 

 

***You may view the service live from this link: https://immanuelgf.org/streaming 

 

Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 16 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, with visitation from 10-11 a.m. prior to the service in the church.

 

Interment: Memorial Park South Cemetery in Grand Forks.