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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 11286
Title: Calvin L. Bail
Date: 1931 - 2008
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 9/4/1931
Summary: Calvin Leroy Bail Sr., 77, Bismarck, ND died September 17, 2008 at a Bismarck hospital. A funeral service was held September 22, 2008 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, with Elder Eric Bendish officiating. Burial was at the McIntosh, SD Cemetery. Calvin was born September 4, 1931 in McIntosh, SD, the son of Adolphe and Maggie (Horst) Bail. Raised in the McIntosh and Morristown area, he received his education at the Hump Butte and Fee Country Schools. On March 10, 1955 he married Doris “Betty” Flying Horse in McIntosh. Calvin enjoyed the farming and ranching way of life and liked working for local ranchers. Attending UTTC, Calvin became a certified welder. He was employed at Welk’s Steel and the refinery in Mandan. He then worked in the Bismarck school system for a number of years. With failing health, he retired to his home in Bismarck in 1999. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Betty, Bismarck; one son, Calvin, Jr.; sisters, Joyce (Thomas) Hooker, Watauga, SD, and Betty Hirsch, Bowman, ND; brothers, Marvin (Beverly) Bail, McIntosh, SD and Orville Bail, Morristown, SD; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins. Calvin was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Howard and Adolphe Bail, Jr, and his uncle and aunt, George and Inez Bail.
Red ID: FND_I_62050 Image ID: 523747 Image Notes: FND001 11286

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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