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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 22413
Title: Cooper B. Land
Date: 4/8/1936-3/11/2016
Inscription/Marks: 4/8/1936
Summary: Cooper B. Land passed away March 11, 2016. He was born in Hot Springs, AR, on April 8, 1936, to Cooper B. Land, Sr., and Lena Land. In 1967 Cooper married Solveig Kristensen Land and they raised their three children in Bismarck, ND. In the early 1970s Cooper earned a PhD in geology from the Colorado School of Mines, and he went on to become a prominent petroleum geologist. Cooper’s words and actions embodied honesty, generosity, intelligence, humility, integrity, loyalty, and an enduring positive attitude. When Cooper decided to do something, he did it one hundred percent, whether it was golf, yoga, bird watching, work, or any number of intellectual pursuits. Cooper also loved music, particularly Willie Nelson. In the latter part of Cooper’s life he divided his time between Los Gatos, CA and Hot Springs. Cooper said that he loved being active and spending time with Gretchen Bell and their many friends in Los Gatos. He also loved visiting his family and friends and being at his lake home in Hot Springs. Cooper is survived by many loving friends; his beloved partner, Gretchen Bell; his former spouse and dear friend, Solveig Land; their children, Kris Land and his wife Danelle Land, Elizabeth Quant and her husband Shawn Quant, and Signe Synstelien and her husband Eric Synstelien; and Cooper’s grandchildren, Jacob Land, Jack Levine, Sam Levine, Solveig Quant, Henry Quant, Roger Quant, and Monica, Catherine, John, and Nick Synstelien.
Red ID: FND_I_73086

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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