1917
Faye
2006
Faye Bakkila
February 11, 1917 — July 10, 2006
Faye Bakkila, age 89, of Moorhead, MN, died Monday, July 10, 2006, in the Moorhead Health Care Center.
Faye was born February 11, 1917, to Henry and Elizabeth Brinkman. She grew up on the family farm at Danzig, ND, (rural Ashley, ND). In 1934, she moved to Fargo, ND, where she met Elmer Bakkila and they were married September 24, 1940, in Hennepin County, MN. They returned to Fargo where Faye worked in food preparation at the FM Hotel and various restaurants until her retirement. After retirement, she moved to Park View Terrace, Moorhead, and then to the Moorhead Health Care Center.
She is survived by four children, two sons, Allen Bakkila (Jolene) of Moorhead and Ralph Bakkila of the VA Hospital, St. Cloud, MN; two daughters, Doris Heinzen (Mike) of Moorhead and Della Peterson (Ron) of Fargo; Debbie Bakkila, loving daughter-in-law; eleven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, Leo Brinkman of Moorhead.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six brothers, four sisters, and her grandson, Michael Allen Heinzen.
Visitation: Monday from 9:30 - 11 AM in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.
Funeral Service: Monday, July 17, 2006, at 11 AM in Korsmo Funeral Chapel.
Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo.
Faye was born February 11, 1917, to Henry and Elizabeth Brinkman. She grew up on the family farm at Danzig, ND, (rural Ashley, ND). In 1934, she moved to Fargo, ND, where she met Elmer Bakkila and they were married September 24, 1940, in Hennepin County, MN. They returned to Fargo where Faye worked in food preparation at the FM Hotel and various restaurants until her retirement. After retirement, she moved to Park View Terrace, Moorhead, and then to the Moorhead Health Care Center.
She is survived by four children, two sons, Allen Bakkila (Jolene) of Moorhead and Ralph Bakkila of the VA Hospital, St. Cloud, MN; two daughters, Doris Heinzen (Mike) of Moorhead and Della Peterson (Ron) of Fargo; Debbie Bakkila, loving daughter-in-law; eleven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, Leo Brinkman of Moorhead.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six brothers, four sisters, and her grandson, Michael Allen Heinzen.
Visitation: Monday from 9:30 - 11 AM in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.
Funeral Service: Monday, July 17, 2006, at 11 AM in Korsmo Funeral Chapel.
Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Fargo.
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