Florence LeDoux, 95, Dickinson, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at St. Benedict’s Health Center, Dickinson. Florence’s funeral service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 17, 2012 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Dickinson, Rev. Michael Wolters officiating. Inurnment will take place at the Belfield Cemetery. Visitation with the family present to visit with friends will be on Friday from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday.

Florence Haut was born July 16, 1916 south of Belfield early on a Sunday morning, the daughter of Charles and Julia (Meisner) Haut. She was one of five children born to this union and attended the Porter School for her elementary education. From there she went to the Model High School in Dickinson for one year and then furthering her education by attending Fryburg High School, graduating in 1935.

That fall she married Bert LeDoux on September 11, 1935 in Belfield. The LeDoux’s were very conscious of saving so they would put $5.00 from each pay check into a postal savings bond, and Florence stated “those savings are what has allowed me to live the lifestyle I do today.” They had lived in Portland, Ore. For a period of time where they worked in the shipyards. They returned from Oregon and Florence kept busy being a mother and making a home. She later went to work as a cook at the Belfield Public School and the Painted Canyon. She also worked at Brownfield’s Store and Mrs. Kokkler’s Drug Store before going to work for the United States Post Office for 20 years, retiring in 1978.

Since her retirement she has been actively involved in the Senior Center and also the County and Regional Council on Aging. She loved to work on crafts, anything from making quilts to pictures made from all the tiny parts from old watches. One of her Christmas ornaments, made from a milk pod with kissing angels in the middle, was chosen to hang on the ND Christmas Tree in Washington, DC. She also loved to play cards, travel and word puzzles.

Prior to becoming a resident of St. Benedict’s Health Center, she was a resident of the Evergreen.

Florence is survived by two daughters, Bonnie (Edwin) Dvorak, Gladstone, and Carol (Paul) Reisenauer, Bismarck; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and five great, great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bert in February of 1976, her parents, two grandchildren, one brother, Grover Haut, and three sisters, Hazel Stryn, June Hagel and Myrtle Haut.