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Funeral Services for Doris G. Breid, of New Richland, will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at the Vibrant Life Assembly of God Church,  in Ellendale.  The ReverendPatrick Stitt will officiate. Interment will be in Berlin Cemetery, rural Ellendale.

Friends may visit with family one hour before the service at the church. Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting the family.

Doris died on Thursday, November 20, at the New Richland Care Center, where she had been as resident for the past five years. She was 94.


She was born on July 15, 1920, in Monterey, MN, the daughter of Henry and Bessie (Perrine) Volsen.


Doris married Robert P. Breid on March 9, 1945, in Wadena, Minnesota. In 1948, they moved and made New Richland their home.

Doris was a member of the Ellendale Assembly of God Church.

She was a wonderful gardener and enjoyed doing crafts.

She is survived by her husband Robert of New Richland; her daughters: Sandy (Allan) Stanko of Reno, NV, Cindy (Alvin) Morstad of Hartland,  grandsons: Adam (Annie) Morstad of Ellendale, Tony Morstad of Hartland; and great grandchildren Leah and Levi Morstad; brother Lester Volsen of Wells, MN; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Pierina Volsen of Mpls, MN, Clarence Korfe of Clarissa, MN, Jean Ruhn of Eau Claire, WI, Milton and Shirley Breid of Mpls, MN, and Robert Dewey of Syracuse, NY, and many nieces and nephews.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, brother Donald Volsen and sister Lois Korfe.

Doris was an amazing wife, mother, grandmother and made our house truly a home.

She will be greatly missed.


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