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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270596
Title: Gay Kuhn
Date: 8/14/1946-3/10/2023
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Inscription/Marks: 8/14/1946
Summary: Gay Kuhn, 76, Bismarck, ND, went home to her heavenly father on March 10, 2023, after a six month battle with ovarian cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial was held March 15, 2023, at Ascension Catholic Church, Bismarck, with inurnment at St. Mary’s Cemetery. Gay Rasmussen was born August 14, 1946, to Fred and Ruthanna Rasmussen of Havana, ND. She graduated from Havana High School in 1964 before continuing her education at North Dakota State School of Science in Wahpeton. In college, she met the love of her life, Patrick Kuhn, and they married in 1966. Together, they welcomed three beautiful children: Jacqueline in 1967, Richard in 1970, and Wendy in 1973. They moved to Bismarck in 1976 and quickly found a group of friends that became family. They spent their time together camping, fishing, and making each other laugh. The group became affectionately known as the Yellow Birds, a name they use to this day. Gay worked three years as a secretary in a law firm before becoming the long-time bookkeeper for KFC and Big Boy, and later Waldoch Golf Shops and Hawktree Golf Course. Throughout her life, she was a devoted mother and, later, grandmother and great-grandmother. Pat and Gay welcomed their first grandchild, Tyler Grube, in 1989 as well as Kaitlyn Grube in 1993, Tatyana Egli in 1996, Cassidy Egli in 2003, and Colton Egli in 2004. One of her greatest joys in life was spending time with her grandchildren and watching their activities. Gay is survived by her loving husband, Pat Kuhn; three children, Jaci Grube, Rick (Colleen) Kuhn, and Wendy (Dwayne) Egli;  five grandchildren, Tyler (Ana), Katie, Tatyana, Cassie, and Colton; two great-grandchildren, Natalie and Logan Hansen; two brothers, Kim (Sandy) Rasmussen and Kurt Rasmussen; and Pat’s nine siblings; many nieces and nephews; great-nieces and great-nephews; one great-great-nephew and one great-great-niece. Gay was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Ruthanna; her in-laws, Pete and Lorraine Kuhn; her two sisters, Merry Krafka and Janna Rasmussen; her nephew, Bob Krafka; and her son-in-law, Eric Grube.
Red ID: FND_I_78098 Image ID: 555302 Image Notes: FND001 270596

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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