Walter Grenz

Nila Laureign (Neppl) Grenz

Obituary for Nila Laureign Grenz

Nila Grenz, 71, Fargo, ND., formerly of Valley City and Grand Forks, ND, lost her courageous battle with cancer on August 27, 2013, but not without a dang good fight. She died under the exceptionally good care of the staff at Villa Maria and Hospice of The Red River Valley. They made her last months as comfortable as possible.

Nila Laureign Neppl was born March, 28, 1942 in Mc Caluleyville, MN to Harold and Laureign (Bellmore) Neppl. Her grade school years were spent in Breckenridge, MN. In 1960, she graduated from Casselton (ND) High School. She married Merle Greiger and they made their home in New Salem and Breckenridge. They were later divorced.

She attended North Dakota State College of Science In Wahpeton and received her degree as a legal secretary and worked at the Cass County Court House. On March 17, 1972, she married Walter Grenz at Olivet Lutheran Church in Fargo, ND. They moved to Grand Forks in 1976, where she worked for a private law firm for 10 years. In 1992, they moved to Valley City, ND and she began working as a secretary for a construction company, retiring in 2004. She then worked at the American Legion part time. Wally died on October 25, 2011. Nila moved to Fargo in 2012. She entered the Villa Maria in May 2013.

Nila is survived by her son, Todd (Shell) Grieger of Fargo, Valerie (John) Kalal of Wichita, KS; step daughter, Roxanne Grenz of Thief River Falls, MN; grandchildren, Mandy (Drew) Ricker, John (Shannon) Kalal, Ryan Grieger and Nichol Tueewen; great grandchildren, Destiny Tueewen and BGella Kalal; brothers, Morris (JoAnn) Neppl of Wet Virginia, tim Neppl of Illinois and Randy (Jan) Neppl of Wahpeton, ND; and sisters, Trudy (Raymond) Such of Fargo, Marjorie Polanski of Thief River Falls, Jay Nepple of Breckenridge, MN, Carol (Paul) Lenoue of Kent, MN and Renee (Scott) Rossow of Wahpeton.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Laureign (Mellmore) Neppl; husband, Walter Grenz; and brothers, Kenneth, Richard, and Terry Neppl.

The memorial service for Nila will be 3 p.m. Saturday, August 31, 2013, at the Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel, Valley City, with Rev. Dan Forsberg officiating. Inurnment will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

Snap Shot - Roxanne

Roxanne grew up in Fargo, ND where she lived with her mother. Roxanne also had a brother, Rodney, and sister, Nancy, Kubishcta, from her mother's second marriage. Roxanne attended school at Fargo North High.

Roxanne met John in Aug. 1983 and they were married in Dec. 1986. They are buying a house in Horace, ND.

Both John and Roxanne work at the Hi-Ten Inn in West Fargo, ND; Roxanne also works as a dispatcher at Doyle Transportation.

Nichole is in 2nd grade at Horace Elementary. She enjoys bike riding, dolls, roller skating and swimming.

John enjoys sports of all kinds, and is on a pool league. Roxanne enjoys playing Bingo, but she also like the outdoors and just spending time with her family.

Snap Shot - Walter

Wally attended grade school in Tower city, ND. He joined the Army in 1961 for 2 years and was stationed at Fort Riley, KS. He was worked on road construction since 1959.

Wally did have a knack for getting into trouble in his young years. He and his sister Annitha "baptized" the chickens one Sunday after witnessing a baptism in church - except they held the chickens under water and drowned them! Wally also remembers that they used to have a very mean goat that absolutely hated the girls! The goat would charge at them as soon as he saw the, and the girls would all climb on top of the handiest fence-post to avoid getting butted. Wally still recalls how funny it was to see four or five of his sisters perched on top of fence-posts! Actually, the goat should have hated boys, since Wally has been known to drag that goat up into the haymow and then push the goat out through the door! It is a wonder that animal survived!

Wally also remembers the Halloween when he and his buddies tipped over 6 toilets in Tower City. However, someone saw them "having fun", so the Town Marshal made those boys set up 26 toilets the next day!