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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270682
Title: Wayne "Dean" D. Marmon
Date: 1/20/1942-2/20/2023
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Inscription/Marks: 1/20/1942
Summary: Wayne “Dean” Marmon, 81, New Town, ND, passed away February 20, 2023, at the Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND. His funeral service was held March 2, 2023, at the Baptist Fellowship Church in New Town. Dean was laid to rest in Riverview Cemetery in New Town. Dean was born, January 20, 1942, to Fern (O’Cain) and Muller Marmon in Stanley, ND. He grew up on the Missouri River in Willams County before the Garrison Dam diversion. During his school years, the family moved to Mountrail County and Dean attended country school. He later attended Ross High School and finished his formal education with a GED obtained in Montana. Dean was a lifelong learner but not always through traditional means. Dean held many different vocations throughout his life, first starting as a custom combiner working from North Dakota to Texas. When he wasn’t combining, he did odd jobs to pass the time. He eventually made his way back to North Dakota and then Montana to follow the love of his life. Lou and Dean were married in Stanley on September 28, 1963. They then moved to Montana and led a nomadic life for much of their early years together. He held jobs in sawmills, ranches, farms, Pepsi plant, shoe and saddle repair, and with search and rescue in Montana and Idaho. He owned his own boot and saddle repair shop in Post Falls, ID. In 1977, he moved his family and boot and saddle repair business back to Stanley. During this time, he was a part-time police officer and guarded the vault in the “new” Scandia American Bank before the walls were completed, and drove school bus for the Stanley school district, all while working on leather at his home shop. He was also an over-the-road truck driver for many years, seeing most of the United States. He later became a security guard for the Hess gas plant in Tioga with Bis-Man security. Dean loved striking up a conversation with anyone around and enjoyed a cup of coffee quite often at Joyce’s or Northern Lights. Dean and Lou moved to rural New Town in 2003 and began semi-retired life. He once again was able to do what he enjoyed most and repaired many pairs of boots and saddles for the community. The coffeepot was always on for anyone to stop by for a good story and fresh pie. Dean is survived by his wife, Lou Marmon, of New Town; sons, Wayne (Brenda) Marmon, of Fountain, MI and Duane (Ava) Marmon, of New Town; daughter, Jessika (Mike) Froelich, of Hazen, ND; brother, Linn Marmon, of Hot Springs, AR; sister, Cristi Trulson, of Stanley; sister-in-law, Jean Marmon, of Leihigh Acres, FL; grandchildren, Antonia Marmon, of Hamburg, Germany, Sebastian Marmon, of Hamburg, Tara Marmon, of Fountain, MI, Aislynn Spokely, of Hazen, Samuel Cooper, of Bismarck, ND, Bailey Froelich, of Hazen, Robert Froelich, of Hazen, and James Cooper, of Hazen, ND; great-grandchildren, Jay and Elliana Spokley, both of Hazen. Dean was preceeded in death by his parents, Muller and Fern Marmon; and brother, LeRoy Marmon.
Red ID: FND_I_78182 Image ID: 555295 Image Notes: FND001 270682

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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