Olyve J. Enders, 93 passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017 at the Southwest Healthcare Long term Center in Bowman.
Funeral Services for Olyve will be on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 10:30 am at the Bowman Lutheran Church. Pastor Mark Nygard will officiate with burial to take place in the Rosehill Cemetery in Minot. There will be a Funeral in Minot on Friday, August 18, 2017 at 2:30 p.m. at the Christ Lutheran Church.

Olyve Engen was born on February 7, 1924 the youngest of nine children raised by Hans and Amelia Engen. She was the last of her family and her husband's family of ten to follow them Home. She was educated in country schools in South Meadow Township in Williams County, ND, often staying in the school with her sister Inga who was the teacher. During high school, she lived in Williston with her sister Serena's family and graduated from Williston High School in 1942. She was then employed by Midwest Lumber in Williston and Minot Builders of Minot. She was united in marriage to Walter Enders on August 2, 1944. "Wally" and "Olly" made their home on his family's farm northwest of Minot in Harrison Township where they raised their children-Marilyn, Roger and Linda. After Wally passed away in October of 1978, she moved into Minot in 1979. She was a member of Augustana Lutheran Church where she served in the Naomi Church Circle, Altar Guild and the ELCW. She was also a member of the Eureka Homemakers Club. She married Herb Suelzle on September 25, 1981.
She worked hard on the farm- raking hay, fencing, milking cows and raising chickens. She was a wonderful cook and was best known for her Norwegian baking and potato dumplings. She was an avid reader and enjoyed playing King's Corner and Dominoes. She made hundreds of quilts for Lutheran World Relief and Ward County foster children. She lived her final days at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Care Center in Bowman where everyone knew she liked purple, owls and orange pop. Olly was a kind, generous woman and was God's blessing to all of us.
Olly will be warmly remembered by her children Gene and Marilyn Fischer and their children, Gina and Jay Griffin, Marcus and Mary Fischer, Maretta and Brett Hendrickson, Jen and Rick Padilla, and Deanna and Jonathan Jeffers; Roger and Kathy Enders and their children: Ruth and Joe Faul and Lee and Cammie Enders; Linda Enders and Linden Horob; Great grandchildren who also have fun memories of her are Trevor, Megan, Josh and Jordan Griffin; Tim, Michaela and Kevin Fischer, Kylee, Jacob, Brady and Aftin Hendrickson; Daniel, Joseph, Clara and Thomas Padilla; and Lane, Beau, Amy and Sarah Jeffers, Rebekah and Derek Faul, and Laci Lee, Brandon and Logan Enders.