Ivadelle Salmon, 89, of Reeder, ND, passed away on January 13, 2023 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

Funeral Services for Ivadelle will be on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Reeder.  Deb Molbert will officiate with burial to follow in the Rosehill Cemetery, Reeder, ND.  There will be a Family and Friends Service on Friday, January 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel in Bowman.

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Ivadelle was born on the Munro farm north of Reeder on January 21, 1933 to Donald and Bertha Munro. She grew up on the family farm and attended first grade in Reeder.  Due to the distance and the harsh winters, she had to board with someone in town and talked about how difficult it was to be away from her folks. Her following grade school years were at the Whetstone School, where she would later teach. She attended high school in Reeder and graduated in 1951. She attended Dickinson State College, and later Black Hills State College.

During one of her summers at Black Hills State, she went to the cafeteria for coffee with a roommate who had set her up on a blind date without letting her know.  She had coffee, the first of many, with Donald Salmon. They got married on June 4, 1957, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Reeder.  As a married couple, they spent most of their years in ND where they raised their two daughters. She was a devoted caregiver for Don in his last years.

Ivadelle's first career was teaching. She taught in several rural schools and pointed out that her duties included shooting skunks that hung around the outhouse. (Her aim was good!)  She later taught in Reeder.  In her second career as an insurance agent, she earned many certifications, won numerous awards, and often exceeded her male counterparts–an achievement she was rather proud of.  She retired in her mid seventies.  She loved running into former students and clients, remembered everyone, and spoke warmly of her interactions with them. Ivadelle also treasured her time and conversations with her nieces and nephews and was always ready to lend a listening ear. With friends and family, she was known for her loyalty, non-judgmental attitude, and ability to keep information confidential.

Ivadelle was a fiercely devoted mom who instilled the love of reading in both her daughters and encouraged the pursuit of higher education. She enjoyed traveling and especially enjoyed staying with both daughters, having time with her grandsons, and often referred to these visits as her best summer vacations. However, she always gravitated towards returning to her community of friends and family in Reeder.  Over the years, the nightly telephone calls with Sheryl and Susan evolved into nightly Facetime chats about the day's events, the antics of her pups, and lots of laughter.  In the last couple years, she reminisced a lot and expressed great gratitude for her life, her family, friends, and neighbors.  She frequently said, "I have been so blessed."

Ivadelle was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Bertha Munro, and siblings, Mary Lou Vadner and Phil Munro.  She will be greatly missed by daughter Sheryl Salmon (Mark Davis) and grandson Benjamin of Salt Lake City, UT; daughter Susan Sass (Ron) and grandson Ethan of Elk River, MN; sisters-in-law Lola Munro of Reeder, Mary Austin and Elaine Ketterling of Spearfish, SD, Annette Oppedahl (Dick) of Chapel Hill, NC; numerous nieces and nephews and friends.