Funeral services for Ramona Larson, age 84, of Hettinger, ND, will be held at 3:00 p.m. MT on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Centennial Chapel of the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger, ND.  Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. CT on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery south of Mandan, ND.

Ramona Larson, age 84, passed away on December 11, 2019 of congestive heart failure at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, ND.

Ramona is survived by her husband Dean Larson; her sister Beverly Derschan (Tony), of Lemmon, SD: her son, Dennis Larson (Laura), of Denver, Colorado; her daughters Diane Larson (Nate Elvurum) and Darci Stinar (Glenn), both of Fargo, ND; and her grandsons, Jacob Stinar, of Denver, CO; and Andrew Stinar, of Bemidji, MN. She is preceded in death by her mother and father, Esther and Charles Ostby, and her brother, Milo Ostby.

Ramona was born on November 4, 1935 in Meadow, SD, to parents Charles and Esther Ostby. She graduated from Lemmon High School in   Lemmon, SD, after which she married and moved to Rapid City, SD, with Dean, at that time a serviceman at Ellsworth AFB. She moved to North Dakota in 1958, where she lived in Bucyrus and Hettinger, ND.

Ramona was a loving mother who was deeply involved in serving her community throughout her life. She was active in the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, having served as ND state president of the charitable service organization.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests to send donations to Home On The Range – Sentinel Butte, North Dakota, a charity with which Ramona was closely involved (contact joleneo@hotrnd.com ).

Visitation will be on Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. until the start of the funeral at 3:00 p.m. all at the Centennial Chapel in Hettinger.