Beatrice “Bea” Rystad

Bea Rystad was born on March 3, 1916 in East Grand Forks, MN. She married Daniel R. Rystad, from Fisher, MN, in 1941. They raised three children together in Moorhead until Dan's death in 1959. She taught home economics and science at South Junior High in Moorhead, and home management and family economics at NDSU and Concordia College. Upon her retirement she shared time in Green Valley, AZ, and her lake home near Richwood, MN. Her life reflected her love of people, nature, learning, and the arts. She told her children, "It is not what happens to you in life, but what you do with what happens to you." She is survived by her children, Nancy Ray Lacina, Owatonna, MN; Kathleen Strong, Richfield, MN; John Betty Rystad, Bloomington, MN; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.