Laurel Lawrence

TIOGA - Laurel Ann Lawrence, 72, passed away April 24, 2016, at Tioga Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at First Lutheran Church, Tioga, with the Rev. Jim Booth officiating. Burial will be at Betaini Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Tioga, with a family service to follow.

Laurel Ann Lawrence was born Nov. 6, 1943, to George and Olive (Frisinger) Ramberg in Williston. She grew up in Dry Fork Township, south of Tioga, and attended country school through the eighth grade and graduated from Tioga High School in 1961. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church.

Laurel met the love of her life Bernice "B.L." Lawrence. She was married May 28, 1962, and moved from her father's to her husband's house on the corner of Second and Dakota streets, where she lived for 55 years. B.L. and Laurel ranched and owned and operated Lawrence Transportation, an oil-field equipment moving company. After retiring from the trucking business, Laurel continued to ranch and cooked at the Tioga Senior Center and worked as a home-health care aid.

Laurel saw the positive in everyone and always showed respect and dignity for people from all walks of life. Laurel had a passion for reading, food, gardening and family. She loved to entertain and made everything into a party. Family always looked forward to her annual Christmas dinners, complete with the family Christmas pageant. She always made her guests feel welcomed and special. Laurel had a passion for travel and took all her nieces and nephews on trips. She traveled throughout the United States, Europe, South America and Turkey. She was a Room Mother, Cub Scout leader and 4-H leader.

Laurel was a member of the Tioga Senior Citizens, Sons of Norway, the Legion Auxiliary for over 50 years, and a board member of both the United Cemetery and Williams County Council on the Aging.

Laurel is survived by her sons, Allen Lawrence (Sinan Duzyurek), Washington, D.C., and Jamie Lawrence, Tioga; one grandson, Ethan James Lawrence; her siblings, Lois Wiedmer, Sidney, Mont., Corrine Redmond, Tioga, Gary Ramberg, Winnie, Texas, Charles (Roberta) Ramberg, White Earth, and Kathy (Brian) Hove, Tioga; her sisters-in-law, Rose Ramberg, Roberts, Mont., and Mary McArthur, Shreveport, La.; two aunts, Ann Belle Dixon and Vera Bergstrom; one uncle, Carl Frisinger; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her husband, B.L.; her parents; two brothers; two stepdaughters, Mary Lee Anderson and Carolyn Herndon; a nephew, Chantz Ramberg; and two brothers-in-law, Toby Wiedmer and Jack Redmond.

Friends may sign the on-line register and give their condolences at www.fulkersons.com.