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Friends, colleagues, students and family honor Tim Rygh with bench dedicated to his memory at Century Elementary School
At an informal dedication ceremony, many described the influence and impact the beloved teacher, who lost his life to COVID, had on others Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 11:00 am, Apr. 10, 2021 ×
Beckett Eickenbrock, 10, reads a remembrance of Century Elementary fifth-grade teacher Tim Rygh, who died from COVID-19 in December 2020. Family and friends gathered during a dedication of a bench in Rygh s honor on the school playground Friday, April 9, 2021. School Principal David Saxberg, right, helps Beckett through the reading. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
Tim Rygh leaves legacy of faith, inspiration. Written By: Pamela D. Knudson | 5:46 pm, Dec. 23, 2020 ×
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Tim Rygh, a fifth-grade teacher at Century Elementary School, died Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, from COVID-19 at Altru Hospital. He was 49.
Rygh was hospitalized Nov. 8, struggling to breathe because of COVID-19 and bilateral pneumonia, according to a post on the GoFundMe page for a fund drive, organized by Lindsey Johnson, to help the family with medical expenses.
In a Facebook post, Rygh’s wife, Stacey, said her husband battled COVID-19 pneumonia for 44 days in the hospital. He had been on a ventilator for about a month.