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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 03250
Title: "Bud" Vernon Albright
Date: 1920 - 2010
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/27/1920
Summary: Vernon “Bud” Albright, age 90, of Willow City, ND passed away April 4, 2010 at a Minot, ND hospital. Funeral services were held April 9, 2010 at the First Lutheran Church in Willow City. Officiating at the service was the Reverend Tim Solberg. Martha Larson was the organist. Casket bearers were Scott Solberg, Jeff Solberg, Cory Albright, Eugene Erdman, Shane Eraas and Robert Albright. Honorary casket bearers were the Willow City American Legion. Burial was at the Memorial Park Cemetery, Willow City. Bud Albright, a son of William and Clara (Nelson) Albright, was born on February 27, 1920 on a farm south of Overly, ND. He was the youngest of six children. At a young age he moved with his family to a farm north of Willow City. He attended school in Willow City and graduated from Willow City High School in 1938. In 1940 he joined a flying club and earned his pilot license. Bud moved to Los Angeles in 1941 and worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Bud married Marian Cooke on December 7, 1941 in Las Vegas, NV. On February 14, 1945, he joined the Army Air Force. He served in England with the 8th Air Force where he worked as a mechanic on the P-51 Mustang fighter plane. Following his discharge in 1946, he moved back to the family farm and began farming. In 1952 he and his brother, Cliff started Albright’s Spraying Service, which they operated for 36 years. Bud continued to spray his own crops until he was 75 years old. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Willow City and the Willow City American Legion. He served on the Willow City School Board and the Farmer’s Elevator Board. He helped organize the first rural fire department in Willow City and also helped develop the senior housing in Willow City. He served as a Bottineau County Commissioner for 12 years. He was president of the Willow City Alumni Association and the Community Club. He was also Co-Chairman of the Willow City Centennial Committee. Bud was one of five members that opened and operated the Farm Supply Hardware in Willow City and the Willow City Seed House. He is survived by Marian, his wife of 68 years; daughter, Mary Lynn (Robert) Solberg of Kingwood, TX; son, Gary (Marlys) Albright of Mohall, ND; granddaughters, Angella Albright of Fargo, ND, Pam (Hunter) Jesse of Kingwood, and Ashley (Juan) Eraas of Appleton, WI; grandsons, Scott (Mary) Solberg of The Woodlands, TX, Jeff (Lauree) Solberg of Whitehouse, TX, Cory (Holly) Albright of Helena, MT, Shane Eraas of Broomfield, CO, and Scott Eraas of Atlanta, GA; 14 great- grandchildren; sister, Luella Thompson of St. Cloud, MN; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Red ID: FND_I_61931 Image ID: 514140 Image Notes: FND001 03250

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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