Helen Harriet Vedvig

Background

Vedvig, Helen Harriet was born on June 9, 1920 in Ross, North Dakota, United States. Daughter of Harry Albert and Julia (Strom) Hardy.

Education

Student, Minot State University, 1938-1940, 50.

Career

Elementary teacher, Manitou (North Dakota) Consold. Schools, 1940-1941; deputy co-superintendent of schools, Mountrail Company, Stanley, North Dakota, 1941-1943; co-superintendent schools, Mountrail Company, Stanley, North Dakota, 1943-1953; college faculty member, Minot (North Dakota) State University, 1955-1957; substitute teacher, Minot Public Schools, 1957-1968; teacher, Minot Public Schools, 1968-1969; parish education director, First Lutheran Church, Minot, 1972-1978; realtor, Century 21 Real Estate, Minot, since 1978.

Achievements

• Helen Harriet Vedvig has been listed as a noteworthy educator, realtor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman County Christmas Seals, Stanley, 1943-1953, Young Citizens League, Stanley, 1943-1953. School district reorganization committee secretary, Stanley, 1943-1953, secretary County School Officers Association, Stanley, 1943-1953. Member State Parent-Teachers Association Board committees, Ward County, Minot, 1950s, chairman local PTAs, 1959-1960.

Candidate for Democratic State Republican, 1982, 86. Chairman Community Concert, Minot, 1957-1992. Member Minot Board Realtors, Elks (courtesy member 1978-1992), Order Eastern Star (worthy matron 1950-1951), Homemakers Club of Spring Lake, Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Avocations: cooking, yardwork, home restoration and maintenance, woodworking, sewing.

Connections

Married Floyd Ellsworth Vedvig, January 3, 1943. Children: Joan Helen, Jean Joan.

Father:

Harry Albert Hardy

Mother:

Julia (Strom) Hardy

Spouse:

Floyd Ellsworth Vedvig

child:

Jean Joan Vedvig

child:

Joan Helen Vedvig