Member Deanna Dagen tells history of a family building
The first building in Jud, ND, that was built in 1905 has been in Deanna Dagen’s family since 1911. Her family “bought it” by exchanging their farm by Berlin, ND. (Photo taken by Andrew Filer, from Seattle, WA.) The building is special to Deanna because it is in the National Register of Historic Places in LaMoure County. It became part of the register in 2005 when the building turned 100 years old. Deanna grew up in the store and has only known it to be a grocery store, but when it was first built part of it was a Post Office and then it was a hotel. The Dagen family opened the grocery store which also had many other items. Her aunt gave birth to her two oldest sons there, on her father’s side of the family, and relatives have told her that she learned to walk in a walker going up and down the aisles of the store. The store was open for 80 years. After teaching since 1965 in LaMoure, ND and working weekends at the store in Jud, she closed it the 24th of August, 1991, only to continue teaching August 26! Deanna still enjoys the building, living upstairs, in the summer months. Deanna retired from teaching May 19, 1996.
The main floor of the building is currently a museum. It is as it was when in closed in 1991. It is open during the summer months. If you are interested in checking it out contact Deanna Dagen: 701-685-2282.
The main floor of the building is currently a museum. It is as it was when in closed in 1991. It is open during the summer months. If you are interested in checking it out contact Deanna Dagen: 701-685-2282.
In Memory of Donna Kratz
Here is an amazing woman who is no longer with us, a founding member of DKG- Pi Chapter. We miss you!