Jeanette (Dryburgh) Dahl was born and raised in Grand Forks, graduating from Red River High School in 1980. She attended the University of North Dakota, where she graduated with an AA degree. She has worked for the Grand Forks Public Schools Athletic Department for the past 25 years. Jeanette has been a lifelong member of Sharon Lutheran Church. She and Dan were married in June of 1983 and have three children - Grant, Brandon, and Caitlin. She enjoys vacations to warmer climates, reading, walking, golfing, going to the lakes, and spending time with her family and friends.
Melanie (Hulst) Larson grew up in Roseau, Minnesota, and graduated from Roseau High School in 1996. She then continued her education, earning degrees from both the University of North Dakota and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. After passing the National Board Exam, she served her apprenticeship in Ohio, and after passing their state board exam, was licensed to practice mortuary science, which she did there for almost 15 years. She also earned a license in Kentucky, where she worked and lived with her husband Sean and daughter Alexandra “Ally.” While pregnant with their second daughter, Anna, the Larson family relocated back to Minnesota to be closer to family, arriving in East Grand Forks in December of 2016. She obtained her license to practice mortuary science in Minnesota in 2018 and then joined Dahl Funeral Home as a funeral director and embalmer.
