Dellereice “Dell” Ann West, the daughter  of Arnold and Wilma (Nygaard) Isaacson was born on June 5, 1950 in Rugby, North  Dakota.  She died at the age of 67 years  on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Trinity Medical Center in Minot, North Dakota. 
                      
                      Dell was raised in Barton and graduated  from Rugby High School.  As a young woman,  she moved to Boise, Idaho and briefly to the east coast before moving back to  Boise.  She made her way to Portland,  Oregon where she met Richard.  On May 28,  1983, she was united in marriage to Richard West in Milwaukie, Oregon.  The couple made their home in Portland until  1996, when they moved to Rugby.  Richard  died on December 7, 2014  She gave  several lucky cats a good home throughout the years.  She worked at The Connection in Rugby for several  years.  Dell and Rich, both loved to  travel and took two trips to Europe with her niece, Julie.  She also loved to go crystal digging at “Dismal  Swamp” in the Sawtooth Mountain range of Idaho with her friends and niece,  Shannon, all from Boise.  She was an avid  reader, loved art and loved her Bunco group and the great friends she made. 
                      
                      Dell is survived by her brother, Bud  Flageol of Great Falls, MT; nieces, nephews; in-laws; cousins; other relatives  and friends.  She was preceded in death  by her husband; a sister, Lavonne (Flageol) Monch; an infant sister, Marie  Flageol; two nephews, Rick Monch and Jamie Flageol; a sister-in-law, Bonnie  Flageol; and her parents.  
                      
                    Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 22  at the First Lutheran Church in Rugby with spring burial in the West Barton  Cemetery.  Pastor Elaine Sveet,  officiating.  |