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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 00889
Title: Doyle G. Abrahamson
Date: 1949 - 2010
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Inscription/Marks: 10/7/1949
Summary: Doyle Abrahamson, age 60 of Aurora, CO, passed away unexpectedly on August 29, 2010 while on a business trip to Naples, FL. Funeral services were held September 4, 2010 at the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith, ND. Officiating at the service was the Reverend Arlyn Anfinrud. Joan Richard was the organist and Dick and Brenda Johnson provided special music. David Abrahamson and Ralph Christie were the eulogists. Alex Abrahamson, Becky Klinger and Joni Mann were the readers. Paul and Matt Davis were the candle lighters. Casket bearers were Justin Abrahamson, Darrel Abrahamson, Tom Abrahamson, Jeff Sinness, John Abrahamson, Cory Abrahamson and Alex Abrahamson. Honorary casket bearers were all of Doyle’s business associates. Burial was at the Little Prairie Cemetery north of Dunseith. Doyle G. Abrahamson, a son of Howard and Maude (Nerple) Abrahamson, was born on October 7, 1949 in Rolette, ND and raised on the family’s homestead located near the Canadian border. Doyle was employed as VP of Surveying at Merrick & Company in Denver, CO for over 30 years. He was a long-time member and past-president of the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado. Recognized as an expert in survey law, he was also one of the few mineral surveyors in the US. Doyle earned a degree in Civil Engineering Technology in 1970 from Lake Region Junior College in Devils Lake, ND. His later education included US Army, land surveying #447; University of Arizona Advanced Cadastral Survey, and Metropolitan State College, Advanced Cadastral Survey, (instructor/student.) Doyle’s name is listed along with Merrick & Company at Coors Field for survey work including the correct placement of home plate. He earlier had worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Jamestown, ND and Elmer Clark in Colorado. On August 19, 2005, Doyle summited Long’s Peak which he loved to watch and photograph from his home in Estes Park. In 2006, along with his son Justin, he was part of a team who made multiple climbs on the Continental Divide to retrace and re-monument the original Base Line dividing the Kansas and Nebraska territories in which is now Colorado. He enjoyed hiking, fishing, hunting, and photography. He was always ready to offer a helping hand or to mentor a colleague. Doyle is survived by his wife, Cindy of Aurora; son, Justin of Aurora; stepsons Paul (Skip) of Littleton, CO and Matt Davis of New York City; parents, Howard and Maude Abrahamson of St. John, ND; sister, Jean Marie Abrahamson of Denver; a twin brother, Darrel (Phyllis), and another brother, Tom (Betty) all of St. John; numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, colleagues, and friends.
Red ID: FND_I_61906 Image ID: 513212 Image Notes: FND001 00889

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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