Isabella Dorothy Prinzing
b. 25 November 1915, d. 12 September 2001
- Father: Andreas Prinzing b. 5 January 1866, d. June 1939
- Mother: Margaret Power b. 16 February 1884, d. 15 August 1958
- Isabella Dorothy Prinzing was born on 25 November 1915 in Oberon Township, Benson County, North Dakota.
- Andreas Prinzing and Margaret Power appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Oberon Township, North Dakota. Other members of the household included Isabella Dorothy Prinzing, Anna Magdalena Prinzing, Stella E. Prinzing, Andrew Bernard Prinzing, Ellen Agnes Prinzing and Margaret Mary Prinzing.
- Andreas Prinzing and Margaret Power appeared in the Minnesota state census of 1 April 1925 in Oberon Township, North Dakota. Other members of the household included Isabella Dorothy Prinzing, Anna Magdalena Prinzing, Stella E. Prinzing, Andrew Bernard Prinzing, Ellen Agnes Prinzing and Margaret Mary Prinzing.
- Andreas Prinzing and Margaret Power appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Oberon Township, North Dakota. Other members of the household included Isabella Dorothy Prinzing, Andrew Bernard Prinzing, Ellen Agnes Prinzing and Margaret Mary Prinzing.
- She married Ernest Alfstad on 15 December 1934 in Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- Isabella Dorothy Prinzing became a widow at the 13 November 1988 death of her husband Ernest Alfstad.
- Isabella Dorothy Prinzing died on 12 September 2001 at age 85 in Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota, at Mercy Hospital.
- She was interred at Devils Lake Cemetery, Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- The following appeared on 14 September 2001 in the Grand Forks Herald: Isabella D. Alfstad, 85, Devils Lake, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001, in Mercy Hospital, Devils Lake.
Isabella Dorothy Prinzing was born Nov. 15, 1915, the daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Power) Prinzing, in Oberon, N.D., where she grew up and attended school. She worked for Benson County as a home health aide and a homemaker for several years. She married Ernest Alfstad on Dec. 15, 1934, in Devils Lake. They lived in Lallie Township, Benson County, N.D., and Minnewaukan, N.D., before moving to Devils Lake in 1982. Ernest Alfstad died Nov. 13, 1988.
She is survived by sons, Ronald, Rocklin, Calif., and Dennis, Devils Lake; four grandchildren; one great-grandson; and a brother, Bernard, Carmichael, Calif.
She was preceded in death by two infant children; and sisters, Anna Bissinger, Margaret Osten, Stella Howard and Ellen Alfstad.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Devils Lake.
Visitation: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Gilbertson Funeral Home, Devils Lake, and one hour before services in the church.
- Last Edited: 22 Jul 2012