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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 01527
Title: Clara Adamski
Date: 1910 - 2009
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 5/17/1910
Summary: Clara Adamski, 99, of Dickinson, ND passed away September 26, 2009 at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center, Dickinson. Funeral services were held September 30, 2009 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, New Hradec, ND with Father Shannon Lucht celebrating. Burial followed at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery. Clara Ridl was born May 17, 1910 on the family farm in Stark County to Thomas and Anna (Kubas) Ridl. She grew up and attended country School #4. She worked on the family farm until she married Anthony Adamski on November 3, 1931 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in New Hradec. The couple moved to South Heart where they lived for several years before they purchased the Ridl family farm. It was here that Clara and Tony made their home and raised their family. In 1973 they retired to New Hradec. After Anthony passed away in November of 1983, Clara continued to reside there, enjoying going to daily Mass, enjoyed gardening, caring for her home, walking, crossword puzzles, baking, making quilts, afghans, crocheting and working on genealogy. In November of 2001 she entered St. Benedict’s Health Center. Clara was also a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Church and the Rosary Society. Clara was a loving, compassionate, caring, kind, patient, attentive, accepting, supportive, nurturing, sharing person. She laughed easily, loved unconditionally and lived for her family. She lit up the room with her smile and wit. Clara is survived by her son, George (JoAnne) Adamski of Elk River, MN; her daughter Pat (Richard) Steffan of Dickinson, ND; sister, Judy Semerad of Bismarck, ND; thirteen grandchildren, Cheryl (Dale) Arstein, Jeff (Jane) Adamski, Rick (Karen) Adamski, Pat (Teresa) Adamski, Russ (Paula) Adamski, John (Annette) Adamski, Carla Nelson, Curt (Deanna) Steffan, Anne Steffan, Kyle (Deb) Steffan, Lori Luptak, Gary (Lori) Steffan, and Michelle (Jason) Dohrmann; 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Tony; two brothers, George and Andrew Ridl; and sister, Eleanor Bacon.
Red ID: FND_I_61910 Image ID: 513230 Image Notes: FND001-01527

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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