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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11230
Title: Leland Arends
Date: 1942 - 2008
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 11/1/1942
Summary: Leland Arends, 65, a Williston, ND, resident, passed away September 15, 2008, at the Mercy Medical Center in Williston. His memorial service was heldSeptember 18, 2008, at the First Lutheran Church in Williston. Rev. Martin Mock officiated and interment took place at Hillside Memory Gardens in Williston. Leland was born on November 1, 1942 in Williston toHarm and Margaret (Braaten) Arends. He was raised and educated in Williston. At the age of 16, Lee joined the Navy and spent a year in Okinawa. He was honorably discharged in 1964 after four years of service. On January 1, 1965, he was united in marriage to JoAnn Schmidt at Concordia Lutheran Church in Williston. He was a carpet layer for Torvies and was owner of Lee’s Floor Service for many years. He also farmed on the side. Leland loved golf and music and was lead singer of the Country Squires Band for seventeen years. Leland is survived by his wife of forty-three years, JoAnn; his daughters, LeAnn (Kenneth) Esterby of Appam, Michelle (Doug) Stangeland of Williston, and Susanne Arends of Williston; a brother, Edwin (Alma) Arends of Williston; sisters, Marlene Teske of Watford City and Alice Peterson of Minneapolis; and grandchildren, Andrew, Katelynn, and David Esterby, Devin Stangeland, Tabitha Arends, and Lexi and Tyler Hines. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, Harold and Marvin Arends.
Red ID: FND_I_61994 Image ID: 522235 Image Notes: FND001 11230

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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