Gwentha V. Konsor

Gwentha V. Konsor, 98 year old resident of Holdingford, passed away Monday, February 23 at the Quiet Oaks Hospice House, St. Augusta. Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 at Community Country Church in Holdingford, MN with Rev. Gregg Valentine officiating. Burial will be at the South Elmdale Cemetery northeast of Holdingford. Family and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday at the church and one hour prior to the service on Tuesday.
Gwentha Arnold Konsor was born at Lake Alma, Saskatchewan, Canada on May 23, 1916 to Fred and Edna (Edeburn) Arnold. She came to Minnesota in 1931, graduating from Holdingford High School in 1936. She worked at the local telephone office for six years before traveling by train to Washington D.C. during World War II. There she delivered files to J. Edgar Hoover and others at the FBI. She returned to Minnesota and married Richard Konsor on March 2, 1946. She was a loving wife to Richard for 49 years and supported him in founding DCI (Dairy Craft) along with his twin brother Fred, Carl Nielsen and C. Ray Hughes. She was a caring mother to Gary, Diane and Sharon. Gwentha was a member of Community Country Church (formerly South Elmdale Congregational Church) of Holdingford and served as church clerk for 10 years. She was selected as the Holdingford City Mother in 2006. Gwentha and Richard enjoyed their travels to destinations such as Europe, Alaska, the Panama Canal, and the family’s annual trip to Minnesota’s North Shore. She liked rabbits and butterflies, dancing and watching others dance, watching trains and hearing their whistles, and viewing the full moon.
Gwentha is survived by her son Gary (Bonnie) of Avon, daughters Diane and Sharon (Tim) Berscheid of Holdingford; grandchildren Alicia (Kyle) Dowdy, Jed (Stacy) Konsor, Eric (fiancée Leigha Mooney), Robb and Nicole Berscheid; and great-grandchildren Kylee, Brenna and Kinley; sisters-in-law Jean Konsor, Barbara Arnold and Marilyn Arnold.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Richard in 1995; brothers Willie, Alfred, Roy and Glenn and sisters Bernice and Velma.