Funeral Services for Lorraine E. Weikum, 92, of Elgin, ND will be Friday, February 21. 2020 at 10:30 a.m. MT at the Zion Lutheran Church in Elgin.  Deacon Deb Cantrell will officiate and burial will follow at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Elgin.  Visitation will be Thursday, Feb. 20 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. MT at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.

Lorraine passed away on Sunday, February 16, 2020 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND.

Lorraine Elizabeth Wolf was the first born of Jacob and Magdalena (Schock) Wolf on September 7, 1927 in  Elgin, ND.  She grew up on the farm with seven sisters and two brothers.  She attended rural elementary school and graduated from Elgin High School in 1946.  On October 6, 1946 she married Paul Weikum and they lived on his family farm northwest of Elgin. Their daughter Carol Lorraine was born on March 8, 1948.  They raised cattle and did grain farming until 1980, when they moved into Elgin where they had built a home.

She was a very active and faithful member of Zion Lutheran Church in Elgin.  Lorraine, along with Verna Giese, did custodian work for Zion for some years.  Lorraine was on The Women's board, active in the quilting groups, and taught both Sunday and Vacation Bible School. She loved quilting and spent many hours making quilts for friends and family.

Lorraine always raised a big vegetable and flower garden and generously shared everything she raised. She was a gifted baker and was known for her sour cream cookies.

Paul passed away on March 31, 2005. Lorraine continued to live in her home until January 2017 when she moved to Dakota Hills. She was a resident of Dakota Hills until her passing at CHI St. Alexius Hospital on Sunday, February 16, 2020.

Surviving family members include daughter Carol (Michael) Auda, Copperopolis, CA;  sisters Leona (James) Ulrich, Elgin, ND;  Delores Bader, Grand Forks, ND; Alverna (Clarence) Veitz, Bismarck, ND; and one brother Rudy (Mary) Wolf, Bismarck, ND.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters, Bernice Thompson, Bernetta Teitz, Luella Baesler, and Darlene Nagel, and one brother Jake Wolf, and an infant sister, Claudina, and an infant brother.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin.