{"id":125214,"date":"2026-05-14T05:01:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/05\/14\/frances-lagerquist\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-05-14T05:08:22","modified_gmt":"2028-10-30T05:08:22","slug":"frances-lagerquist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/05\/14\/frances-lagerquist\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Frances Lagerquist"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Frances \u201cFran\u201d Marie Otterstetter  Lagerquist, 82, died April 24, 2026, in Billings.<br \/>\n\t  She was born in Wolf Point, Montana on May 7, 1943. She was the oldest of nine children born to John and Blanche (Griggs) Otterstetter.<br \/>\n\t  She grew up instilled with grit and perseverance in the home of two Montana homestead  families. Their poverty was offset by strong family bonds.<br \/>\n\t  She married Glenn Lagerquist  in Mt. Vernon, Wash., on Aug. 29, 1958. Together, they had six children. She worked tirelessly, putting her own needs aside to care for her family, especially her three sons with Muscular Dystrophy.<br \/>\n\t  After her husband&apos;s death, Fran worked as a housekeeper  at Billings Clinic. Known for her joyful spirit, she aimed for 20 years of service. She hit her goal and retired in 2021.<br \/>\n\t  She is survived by her <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125327,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125214\/revisions\/125327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125214"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=125214"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=125214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}