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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11281
Title: Ione Mae Bahm
Date: 1934 - 2010
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Inscription/Marks: 4/1/1934
Summary: Ione Mae Bahm, 76, New Salem, ND passed away peacefully on April 2, 2010, at St. Alexius Medical Center, Bismarck, ND. A major storm marked the day as Christ cried the day she died. Services were held at First Lutheran Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Lee Herberg officiating. Burial was in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, south of Mandan. Ione was born April 1, 1934, the eldest of five in Badger, MN to Richard and Myrtle (Iverson) Wagner. She graduated valedictorian from Badger High School in 1952 and graduated from nurses’ training at Lutheran Deaconness Hospital in Minneapolis in 1957. She joined the US Air Force after graduation and was stationed in Montgomery, AL, Mountain Home, ID, and Burtonwood, England. She kept in touch with her nursing classmates, attending several reunions which she greatly enjoyed. On April 27, 1957, she married Charles R. Bahm of Flasher, ND while they were stationed at Mountain Home Air Force Base. They moved to Flasher, and she worked at the Elgin Hospital. In 1964, they moved to Mandan with their two young sons, Robert and James. She worked in the delivery room at St. Alexius Hospital until Rebecca was born in 1966. They moved to New Salem in 1969 and bought the Allis-Chalmers dealership, renamed Chuck’s Farm Equipment, where she managed the bookkeeping. Ione also administered home healthcare, delivered meals on wheels, and was active in First Lutheran Circle, Bible studies, Homemakers Club and Cub Scout Den Mother. Ione was an artist in many respects and loved sewing, painting and crafts, but had a very special passion for quilting. She made a gazillion quilts for family, friends, and Lutheran World Relief, and was recognized with numerous purple ribbons. Ione enjoyed bridge and games of every kind, entertaining, music, remodeling and gardening. She was known for her amazing pies, and yummy caramel rolls and was an avid recipe collector. Ione and Chuck shared an enthusiasm for travel, spending 22 winters as snowbirds and traveling to many parts of the world. Ione is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Chuck; her children, Robert (Valerie), Minot, ND and their sons, Tyler (fiancee Lisa) and Zachary; James (Labeth), New Salem, and their children, Justin, Brittney, Matthew and Michael; Rebecca (Brian) Benz, Minneapolis, MN and their sons, Evan and Logan; her sister, Dixie Johnston, Fargo, ND; her brother, Richard (Pat) Wagner, Hackensack, MN; her sister, Linda (Melvin), and her sister, Wendy (Larry) Payton, Boise, ID; and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brotherin-law, Eddy Johnston.
Red ID: FND_I_62045 Image ID: 523683 Image Notes: FND001 11281

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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