{"id":126942,"date":"2026-06-04T05:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/06\/04\/marlene-wahl-20260603-0332-428880\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-06-04T05:06:58","modified_gmt":"2028-11-20T05:06:58","slug":"marlene-wahl-20260603-0332-428880","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/06\/04\/marlene-wahl-20260603-0332-428880\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Marlene Wahl"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Marlene Faye \u201cCookie\u201d Wahl, 88, of Circle died May 16, 2026, at the Prairie Community  Hospital in Terry.<br \/>\n\t  She was born Nov. 17, 1937, in Fargo, N.D., to George and Elida Haroldson. She was the youngest of eight children and shared a lifelong bond with her five sisters, Cassie, Elaine, Georgie, Alta and Ollie, and her two brothers, George and Richard. Growing  up in a large family taught her the values of hard work, resilience, faith, and unconditional  love \u2014 qualities she carried with her throughout her life.<br \/>\n\t  In September 1956, she married Gary Wahl at the Lutheran  Church in Glendive. Together they built a life rooted in love, faith, family and the land they cherished. On June 29, 1957, they welcomed  their son, Rocki, and soon settled into life on the family farm in Circle.<br \/>\n\t  She dedicated many years to working at the McCone County Courthouse in the Assessor\u2019s Office, where she was known for her dependability  and kindness. She also faithfully helped count ballots during local elections each year. But her workday never truly ended there. After  leaving the courthouse, she could often be found working alongside her family  on the farm, caring for her home, tending to her flowers and garden or quilting with the ladies at the Lutheran Church.<br \/>\n\t  Above all else, her greatest joy in life was her family. She loved deeply and always put those she cared about before herself. Whether meeting up for coffee with friends, sharing  meals with loved ones, or simply taking a quiet drive around town, she had a way of making every moment count. Her laughter and presence <\/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\/126942"}],"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=126942"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127088,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126942\/revisions\/127088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126942"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=126942"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=126942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}