Lenore Grann, of Perth, North Dakota, died peacefully on January 17, 2013 at the Villa Maria nursing home in Fargo, ND at the age of 88. Lenore Olga Eicher was born on July 15, 1924 at her family home in St. Michael, Minnesota. She was the youngest girl in a family of twelve. She enjoyed her St. Michael upbringing and maintained loving ties with her siblings throughout her life. After graduating from Buffalo High School, Lenore, with help from her sister Alma, attended Miss Woods Teachers School. Her first job as a grade school teacher was in Morgan, Minnesota, and after two years, accepted a teaching position at Forest Lake. She was a natural at teaching and absolutely loved her first graders. Lenore made many friends, and would take summer vacations with them throughout the United States and Canada.