Alvina Nuss Carson, ND

Service of Remembrance for Alvina Nuss, 100, of Bismarck, ND, formerly of Carson, ND will be 10:30 a.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 at the St. John's Lutheran Church in Carson with the Rev. Dale Nabben, officiating. Providing special music will be Vicki Martel. Burial will follow at the St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, northwest of Carson. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday, October 25, at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, ND and one hour prior to the services at the church on Tuesday morning.

ALVINA STEINLEY was born on May 14, 1904 to David, Sr. and Katherine (Klein) Steinley at Mountain Lake, MN. In 1907 she moved to North Dakota with her parents and three brothers. Alvina often remarked that this was her only train ride. She lived on the homestead with her family until age 12 when they moved to a farmstead on Antelope Creek. Alvina attended country school and high school in Carson, but was called home to care for her mother who had become ill. She also worked for a short time in a store owned by Mrs. Kelly in Carson. Alvina met Art Nuss and they were married June 19, 1928 at Heil, ND. They lived on several farms and also traveled to California to work during the difficult years of the drought during the 1930's. After returning to ND, they bought a farm 8 miles northwest of Carson, where they lived until moving into Carson in 1952.

In her active years, Alvina was active in her church and was always ready to help wherever she could. She was active for many years in the Lutheran Women's organization.

Alvina was an accomplished seamstress and prolific in crocheting afghans. She loved giving them to her children and grandchildren. Later at the nursing home she became known for crocheting dishcloths. She enjoyed giving them to staff members at the home and to all who came to visit her. One never left her room after a visit without a dishcloth.

Alvina Nuss passed away on October 21, 2004 at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center in Bismarck, ND.

She is survived by her son, Bob and wife Mary Jo; daughter, Shirley and husband Mike Lord, all of Bismarck, ND; one daughter-in-law, Angie Nuss, of Dickinson, ND; grandchildren, Dave Lord and wife Kathy, Jamie Zastoupil and husband Dean, Jerry Nuss and wife Jodie, Jenn Nuss and husband Todd Brobst and Jim Nuss and five great grandchildren. Preceding Alvina in death are her husband, Art, her son James and six brothers, David Jr., Reinhardt, John, Emanuel, William "Bill" and Elmer.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted with the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, ND.