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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00853
Title: Simon, Jr. Aberle
Date: 1940 - 2007
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 8/5/1940
Summary: Simon Aberle Jr., 66, Edgeley, ND died Friday, July 6, 2007 at his home in Edgeley. Funeral services were held Monday, July 9, 2007 at Transfiguration Catholic Church, Edgeley, ND with Father Duaine Cote presiding. Simon Aberle, Jr. was born on August 5, 1940 at Edgeley, ND the son of Simon Sr. and Mary (Meier) Aberle. He attended the Willowbank Township School and attended St. Francis Academy in Hankinson, ND where he graduated from high school in 1958. He then attended Normal Industrial College in Ellendale, ND. He worked on the family farm until his father’s death, at which time he took over the farm. On February 23, 1963 he married Sharon Rall at Transfiguration Catholic Church, Edgeley, ND. They settled on a farm at Edgeley where they farmed until 1985 when Simon began working for Harms Oil Co. of Aberdeen, SD. He also drove school bus for many years. He was a transport driver for Harms Oil until retiring in 2005 due to ill health. He began his long bout with cancer at that time. Simon is survived by his wife; 4 sons: Tim, Denver, CO; Curt (Ronda), Reno, NV; Don (Holly Hauff), Kulm, ND; Spencer (Stacey), Aberdeen, SD; 12 grandchildren; 3 sisters: Bernie (Charles) Larson, Lake Park, MN; Marie (Victor) Lagodinski, Edgeley, ND; Lil Crowley, Memphis, TN; 2 brothers: Oscar (Gloria), Berlin, ND; Larry (Donna), West Fargo, ND; a sister-in-law, Shirley Aberle, LaMoure, ND and a brother-in-law, Stanley Wald, LaMoure, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother Adam and a sister Irene. Simon was a member of Transfiguration Catholic Church, Edgeley, ND and the Edgeley Knights of Columbus. He served on the Mount Calvary Cemetery Board and was a religion teacher at his church. His hobby was spending time with his grandchildren. They meant so much to him and he took every chance he could to make trips to see them.
Red ID: FND_I_61905 Image ID: 513207 Image Notes: FND001 00853

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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