Funeral Services for Idelle will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, Devils Lake ND with Reverend Lori Pankratz officiating. There will be a time of fellowship following the funeral service in the church dining hall. Burial will be in the Norway Lutheran Cemetery, rural Devils Lake. 

Idelle Dreyer Foss, 92, of Penn, ND passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2026.

With her special nieces and nephews, Jeff and Sandy Foss and family; Julie and Randy Schemionek and family; Deb Dreyer and Mike and Susan Dreyer beside her to ease her journey home, Idelle joined her loving husband, Lloyd ,in heaven.

Idelle was born September 16, 1933, in Rugby, ND. Idelle and her parents, Herbert Dreyer and Agnes (Larson) Dreyer lived in Willow City, ND. Idelle was baptized in Willow City and when she was 9 months old her and her parents moved to a farmstead north of Penn, ND.

Idelle attended 12 years of school in Churchs Ferry, ND and 2 years of college in Minot, ND. After college she came home to teach in Pelican Township school where she taught for 5 years.

In 1953, on her way home from school one day she had a flat tire and a man by the name of Lloyd Foss helped her change the tire. After a short courtship Lloyd and Idelle were married on March 19, 1954, and took a honeymoon to Grand Forks, ND. They lived in Devils Lake for a short time where Idelle continued to teach for 2 years at Willard’s School and 1 year at Sowatski school and Lloyd farmed.

After the death of Idelle’s father, Herbert, Idelle quit teaching and started farming alongside her husband Lloyd. They moved a new home onto the farm north of Penn in 1965 where they lived and farmed side by side until Lloyd’s health declined in 2004.

In 2011 when the rising waters of Devils Lake took out the power to the farmstead, Idelle was forced to move to Devils Lake.

Idelle’s nephews, Justin & Ryan Schemionek had the house lifted and moved to higher ground away from the flood water of Devils Lake. This was a very difficult time in Idelle’s life to watch everything her and Lloyd had built be dismantled because of the rising water of Devils Lake.

In April of 2023 Idelle’s health forced her to move to Fargo where she could receive the care she needed and be closer to her nephew, Jeff Foss and his family.

Idelle was a member of St. Paul in Penn and later was a member of the Norway church. When the Norway church was moved and set down on the shores of Devils Lake and became St. Olaf Retreat Center Lloyd and Idelle became members of the St. Olaf Luthern Church in Devils Lake.

For over 40 years Idelle was involved and a member of the Pelican Home makers, Hope Garden Club and the Churchs Ferry Birthday Club.

Along with farming she also took much pride n her flowers and flower beds she tended to. She loved gardening.

Idelle is survived by her brother-in-law Richard (Rita) Foss, Devils Lake; sister-in-law Carolyn (Bernard) Bryl, Galveston TX; special cousins Marge Anderson, Verna Bower, Norval Larson and Orlan Dreyer. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 50 years Lloyd; her brother and sister-in-law, Doug and Ellyn Dreyer; and her parents Herbert and Agnes Dreyer.