Noretta Roche

Noretta K. Roche, 94, Fargo, ND, died Monday, May 17, 2004, in Innovis Health, Fargo.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mankato Mortuary with Rev. Ortloff officiating. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and one hour prior to services on Saturday. Burial will be held at a later date at Ottawa Cemetery.

Noretta Katherine Block was born February 6, 1910, near Nicollet, MN, to Louis and Margaret (Latour) Block. Noretta was raised on the family farm near Cleveland, MN, where she graduated from high school. Noretta was married to Ernest Levi Roche, November 18, 1931, in Milwaukee, WI, and they lived and farmed near Ottawa, MN. They moved to Vancouver, WA, during WW II, where they worked in the shipyards. They moved to Mankato, MN, in 1946, where she worked for Mankato State College as a cashier. Ernest died December 16, 1986. Noretta moved to Moorhead, MN, in 1992, and then to Fargo in 1998 to live with her son.

Noretta is survived by her son, Ron and his wife, Patty of Fargo; two grandsons, Shaun and Ben both of Fargo; and her best friend, Gretchen the dog.