Delores Chays

Funeral services for Deloris Chays, 73, of Killdeer, ND will be 11:00 a. m. (MST) Monday, December 11, 2006 at St. John?s Lutheran Church in Killdeer with Pastor Aanen Gjovik officiating. Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery north of Killdeer. Visitation will be from 2:00 p. m. to 8:00 p. m. on Sunday, December 10, 2006 at Stevenson-Mischel-Olson Chapel in Killdeer, ND. Deloris passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2006 at St. Joseph?s Health Center in Dickinson, ND. Deloris Mae Chays was born February 8, 1933 in Killdeer, the daughter of William C. and Evelyn G. Random Lubke. She attended Oakdale school through the sixth grade, before finishing at Killdeer public schools, where she graduated in 1950. Later that year, Deloris began attending Dickinson State College and earned her Standard Degree of Teaching in 1952. Her first teaching job was in a one-room school house near the Killdeer mountains. Deloris later moved to Fairview, MT where she taught elementary school for a number of years, before teaching an additional eight years at the Parshall elementary school. Deloris then worked at Northrop Manufacturing Plant in Newtown, ND for over six years. In 1980, she moved back to Killdeer and began working at American State Bank and later at Farmers Home Administration office until she retired in 1994. Even through these busy times, Deloris found time to help out at Nodak Mutual, and Farm Bureau Office. Due to her health, Deloris spent her remaining years at Hill Top Home of Comfort in Killdeer. Deloris loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed camping near Lake Sakakawea, baking, playing cards always made time for arts and crafts. She is survived by her two sons, Randy Chays of Parshall, ND; Rodney Chays of Parshall, ND; a daughter, Cheryl (Arlon) Fox of Killdeer, ND; a sister, Lorraine (Les) Best of Big Horn, MT; four grandchildren, Jeremy Fox, Dawn (Grandon) Schneider, Danelle Fox, and Lakisha Fox; six great-grandchildren, Keauna, Kiara, Keandra, Dawson, Kaidence, and Makiah. She was preceded by both of her parents, and a brother, Arnold Lubke.


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Burial Date: December 11, 2006
Funeral Home Killdeer, ND

Funeral Service: Monday, St. John’s Lutheran Church