Rachel (Lee) Senger

Rachel (Lee) Senger, age 54, of Grand Forks, ND and formerly of Fosston, MN, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, October 29th, at her home in Grand Forks. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 8th, at New Journey Church in Fosston with Pastor Tyler Stynsberg officiating. Interment will be in Kingo Lutheran Cemetery, Fosston. Family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service on Friday at the church. Arrangements are with Carlin Family Funeral Service of Fosston and messages of condolence may be shared at www.carlinfuneral.com.

Rachel Yvonne Lee was born on March 7, 1970, in Faribault, Minnesota to parents Marvin and Yvonne “2-D” (Gravely) Lee. She moved with her family at the age of four to the family farm north of Fosston. She attended Fosston High School, graduating in 1988. While in high school, she was active in art and 4-H. 

Rachel married Richard Anderson in 1990 and they began a family. To this marriage, two daughters were born, Leah and Ariel. Rachel and Richie owned and operated Air Tech body shop in Fosston for several years. They later divorced. 

Rachel married Aaron Anderson in 1997 and to this marriage, two children were born, a daughter, Aletta and a son, Krister. They lived in Fosston and Bagley where they opened an insurance agency and also a bait shop, businesses they operated until 2009 when they divorced. 

At this time, Rachel moved to Grand Forks for a fresh start. After several years, she met Tony Senger and they were married in 2018. Rachel worked at Rydell’s in Grand Forks and was a manager at Macy’s. 

Rachel was very creative and artistically talented. She especially liked working with interior designing and in-home renovations. She also was quite competitive, liked to dance, sew, play board games with family (and was known to sometimes cheat), and working with flowers and flower designing. She was a woman of many talents whose outgoing energetic and likable nature drew others to her presence. 

Survivors include four children, Leah Anderson of Wilton, MN, Ariel (Brad) Goss of Fosston, Aletta (Cole) Nelson of Nevis, MN, and Krister Anderson of Boseman, MT; one grandson, Kasey Clark; three brothers, David (Laurel) Lee of Bryn Mawr, PA, John (Kim) Lee of Pierre, SD and Mark Lee of Pierre, SD. Nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. 

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; and her parents.