Dellereice “Dell” Ann West, the daughter of Arnold and Wilma (Nygaard) Isaacson was born on June 5, 1950 in Rugby, North Dakota. She died at the age of 67 years on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Trinity Medical Center in Minot, North Dakota.
Dell was raised in Barton and graduated from Rugby High School. As a young woman, she moved to Boise, Idaho and briefly to the east coast before moving back to Boise. She made her way to Portland, Oregon where she met Richard. On May 28, 1983, she was united in marriage to Richard West in Milwaukie, Oregon. The couple made their home in Portland until 1996, when they moved to Rugby. Richard died on December 7, 2014 She gave several lucky cats a good home throughout the years. She worked at The Connection in Rugby for several years. Dell and Rich, both loved to travel and took two trips to Europe with her niece, Julie. She also loved to go crystal digging at “Dismal Swamp” in the Sawtooth Mountain range of Idaho with her friends and niece, Shannon, all from Boise. She was an avid reader, loved art and loved her Bunco group and the great friends she made.
Dell is survived by her brother, Bud Flageol of Great Falls, MT; nieces, nephews; in-laws; cousins; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; a sister, Lavonne (Flageol) Monch; an infant sister, Marie Flageol; two nephews, Rick Monch and Jamie Flageol; a sister-in-law, Bonnie Flageol; and her parents.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 22 at the First Lutheran Church in Rugby with spring burial in the West Barton Cemetery. Pastor Elaine Sveet, officiating. |