Obituary: Judy Possen

Judy Ann Possen, 75, of Fargo, N.D., passed away Thursday, April 8, 2021, while at her home, surrounded by her family.

Memorial service was held on Saturday, April 17, 2021 in Bethel Church, Fargo. Interment will be held at Hillside Cemetery, Oberon, N.D., at a later date.

Judy Ann (Sylling) Possen was born March 28, 1946 to Norris and Joy (Olson) Sylling. Being the oldest of four girls, she was a tomboy, growing up on the farm five miles south of Oberon N.D. While in Oberon High School, she enjoyed basketball and cheerleading, graduating in 1964.

Shortly after high school, Judy moved to Whittier, Calif. to live with her paternal grandparents, Alfred and Iva Sylling. Alfred and Iva helped her through her first childbirth, a baby boy (Mark Bray) and placed him for adoption. A miracle reunion between Mark and Judy happened 40 years later.

In June 1966, Judy married George E. Noyes in California. They had four children: Christie, Scott, Tricia and Robert.

On Oct. 19, 1978, Judy married Robert R. Possen in Sheyenne, N.D., and he helped raise the children. They lived on a dairy farm near Woodlake N.D. Moving a few times around North Dakota, they eventually made their home in Fargo. Judy worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND from 1988 – 2014. When she retired, she started working and volunteering at Bethel Evangelical Free Church until a couple of weeks before her passing.

Judy is survived by her husband Bob, children, Mark (Shannon) Bray; Scott (Donna) Noyes; Tricia Noyes; Robert (Julie) Noyes; 14 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; sisters Cherryl (Brad) Bach; Peggy (Don) Lindstrom; Patty (Doug) Altringer; and sister-in-law Nancy Sylling.

She is preceded in death by her parents, brother Bobby Sylling, daughter Christie Dickens, granddaughter Kenadi Dickens, and grandparents Alfred and Iva Sylling, and Torval and Betsy Olson.

Arrangements by West Funeral Home & Life Tribute Center of West Fargo, N.D.