Peggy Bolte, 81, of Regent, ND passed away at the Mott Good Samaritan Center on Mar. 18, 2012.

Funeral service will be Friday, March 23, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faith Lutheran Church in Regent. Rev. Joe Burgess will officiate and burial will follow at the Regent Cemetery. Visitations will be from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, March 22 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott and one hour prior to the service at the church in Regent on Friday afternoon.


Peggy Jean Hawn was born October 27, 1930 in Regent, ND to Charles and Lillian (Enoch) Hawn.  Raised during the "Dirty 30's" in a family of 14 children, she valued hard work and family.  She attended several years of grade school in Regent and then graduated from Mott High School. On November 22, 1950 she was married to Walter Bolte in the Regent Lutheran church and resided on the family farm for the next 40 years.


Peggy enjoyed working alongside her husband on the farm raising grain and milking cows. She raised 3 children, supported church and community activities, was an avid bowler, cherished rare Sunday afternoons fishing on the Cannonball River, and always approached life and family with dignity and courage.


Survivors include:  husband, Walter, eldest son, Douglas, Regent, daughter, Terryl, Regent, and youngest son, Mark (Keri) of Mandan;  four grandchildren, Thomas and Anton Huether of Minot, and Marshal and Austin Bolte of Mandan; five sisters, Rose Schmidt, Dickinson, Sadie Hewson, Alamo, ND, Arlene McMasters, Lewiston, ID, Darlene (Gary) Mundlin, Post Falls, ID, and Joan (Richard) Hintz, Bentley, ND.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers and three sisters.