Nancy Lee VandenBos

Nancy Lee VandenBos, 68, of Valier died Nov. 29, 2021.

She was born on Nov. 15, 1953, to Gustav Fjeseth and Nita Lee Fjeseth in Williston, N.D.

She lived hers to the fullest. She was raised in Froid, where she graduated from high school and made lasting friendships with “the School Girlz.” She later moved to Helena to work for the State of Montana and attend Carroll College, earning a degree in communications.

Her love of traveling began when she spent three months traveling Europe, exploring Norway and her Norwegian heritage. She wrote in her diary that this trip changed her, made her more confident and helped her to discover who she was.

She was very proud of her accomplishments: her education, career, nationality, being a breast cancer survivor and the relationships she had with her children and grandchildren.

Her true love and greatest accomplishment was the life she had with her husband, Jim. She married James VandenBos on July 31, 1993, and moved to Valier to the ranch where she supported Jim and his girls in every way possible. She started working at the Valier School system in 1993, where she shared so much of herself and her love of reading. She spent many years working with children and volunteering her time for the library and the America Reads program.

She loved taking pictures of her travels, her nephew, niece and grandchildren and all their many activities. She used those pictures to create beautiful scrapbooks of rodeo, football, basketball, softball, volleyball, riding horses, working cows, trips to Swift Dam and just “living” life. Her presence will always be with her family through her photo albums and they will be treasured.

She is survived by her husband, Jim VandenBos; four girls, Tami Krone, Jamie Brownell, Karen Murphy and Jodi Seifert; eight grandchildren; one great-grandson; and brother, Yogi Fjeseth.

Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 3, at Valier Lutheran Church with Pastor Larry Bunyan officiating. Interment was in Lakeview Cemetery in Valier.