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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 22411
Title: Ora Mae Huravitch
Date: 12/22/1936-3/4/2016
Inscription/Marks: 12/22/1936
Summary: Ora Mae Huravitch, 79, formerly of Williston, ND, more recently of Bismarck, ND, passed away March 4, 2016. Her funeral service was March 11, 2016, at Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home in Williston. Ora Mae was born December 22, 1936, to Woodrow Ritter and Bergny Gronfur Ritter at Good Samaritan Hospital, Williston. In her early years Ora Mae lived with her parents in Buford, ND, and on the farm of her grandparents, Iver and Hanna Gronfur, south of Wheelock, ND. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church, Wheelock. Ora Mae graduated from Wheelock High School. Ora Mae married Bill Huravitch on April 19, 1956, and they moved to the Clarence Jackman farm south of Wheelock. They had four children, Connie, Duane, Dallas, and Percy. Later in life she was blessed with her daughter, Shaulie. Ora Mae moved to Williston in the spring of 1966 and was employed at the Williston Country Club. She loved to take care of children and did day care out of her home for many years. She was employed in the kitchen at the Mercy Hospital. The doctors and nurses always stopped in on baking day for fresh baked cookies. After retiring, she moved in with her daughter, Shaulie, to help with her grandsons, Keagan, Knoel, and Kayne. Ora Mae loved to read and knit. She gave many of her knitted dish cloths to family and friends. For years she kept the gift shop at the Bethel Home in Williston supplied with her dish cloths. Ora Mae could usually be found in her chair reading or knitting, with her beloved dog, Frenchie, in her lap and children playing at her feet. In 2012 Ora Mae moved to Turtle Lake, ND. She loved living in a small town again and making new friends. She spent many days visiting her sister, Rita, at her cabin on Brush Lake near Mercer, ND. As her health declined, Ora Mae moved to the Primrose retirement community in Bismarck and then to Edgewood Memory Care, Bismarck. Ora Mae was in St. Vincent Care Center until her death. Ora Mae is survived by her daughters, Connie (Russell) McMullen, Lewistown, MT, and Shaulie Huravitch, Williston; sons, Duane (Chris) Huravitch, Bozeman, MT, Dallas Huravitch, Lewistown, and Percy Huravitch, Montana; grandchildren, Cory (Shawn) Alderink and son Rowdy, Christina (Nate) Behl and son Bryson, and daughters Brenna and Brooklynn, Michael (Heather) and children Kylie, Mariah, and Justin, Shawn (Melissa) and Brinley Huravitch, Keagan, Knoel, and Kayne Huravitch; brother Bruce Ritter, Washougal, WA, and son, Dean (Jean); sisters, Rita (Duane) Steen, Mercer, and sons Andrew (Leslie) and Laef, Wanda Southard, Washougal, brother, Michael Ritter, Longview, WA, and daughters Cindy and Emily; nephews, Steven and Darren Syverson, and Kim Gay; and numerous cousins, aunts, and uncles. Ora Mae was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; sister, Kathryn Gay; aunt, Agnes Hetzler; nephews, Bruce Jr. and Warren Ritter; and her longtime companion, Don Hutton.
Red ID: FND_I_73084

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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