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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11244
Title: Robert H. Asplund
Date: 1928 - 2008
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 1/8/1928
Summary: Robert Asplund, 80, Bismarck, died quietly on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Services were held Saturday, January 26, at Evangel Assembly of God Church, Bismarck, with Rev. Doug Graham officiating. Burial was in the North Dakota Veteran’s Cemetery, Mandan. Robert Henry Asplund was born January 8, 1928, at Wilton, ND, the son of John A. and Belle (Benson) Asplund. He grew-up on the family farm east of Wilton and attended school at Grass Lake Township. In 1948, Robert graduated from Bismarck High School and in 1951 he entered the US Army. Following the service, he returned to the family farm. On October 30, 1954, Robert married Carol Michelsen. They moved to Bismarck in 1957. Robert began working in dry wall construction in 1960 until his retirement in 1990. Robert was a kind-hearted, hard-working, quiet man who cherished his family and passed on his love of family to his children. He was never afraid of hard work and after returning from a day of dry wall taping, he would spend countless hours attending to his immaculate garden of vegetables and his precious flowers. Upon his retirement, Robert enjoyed the opportunityto spend many fun times with his granddaughters. Each one held a special place in his heart. His great-grandsons always brought a smile to his face. One passion that Robert enjoyed from the time of his school days until the time of his death was following Bismarck High athletics, especially boys basketball. Robert began supporting Century girls athletics when his granddaughters began participating. Robert attended many athletic events, until he physically could no longer attend. Robert was a faithful servant of the Lord and was an active member of Evangel Assembly, having served as Sunday School teacher, choir member and Deacon. His greatest desire was for his entire family to follow him in serving the Lord. Robert is survived by his wife, Carol; his son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Kathy Asplund and their children, Dana and Laura Asplund; his daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Jon Patch and their children, Jessica (Jon) Storsved, Heather, Autumn, Taylor and Robyn Patch; his great-grandchildren, Andrew, Joshua and Michael Storsved, all of Bismarck; his sister, Elaine Steinert, Bismarck; his brothers, Rev. J. Kenneth (Norma) Asplund, FL; Rev. Norman Asplund, MI; and his sister-in-law, Ruby Asplund, MN. Robert was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Lloyd; one sister-in-law, Marilyn Asplund; one brother-in-law, Leonard Steinert and two infant sisters.
Red ID: FND_I_62008 Image ID: 522390 Image Notes: FND001 11244

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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