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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270825
Title: Michael D. Phillips, Jr.
Date: 7/14/1972-1/22/2023
Inscription/Marks: 7/14/1972
Summary: Michael Phillips, 50, Dunn Center, ND, passed away January 22, 2023, in Dunn Center. No services were held. Michael Duane Phillips Jr. was born on July 14, 1972, in Aberdeen, WA, to Michael Phillips Sr. and Edith Pringle. He spent his younger years all over western Washington and did his schooling at North River. Michael met Tammi Nettnin in October of 1987, and they were best friends for twelve years before becoming a couple. They were together for twenty-three years before Michael’s passing. He and Tammi moved around northwest Montana before finally settling in North Dakota in 2013. Michael was blessed with one son, Mike. Michael spent most of his career as a heavy equipment operator, most recently working as the head of maintenance for the city of Dunn Center. He loved the outdoors, especially hunting, fishing, camping, and a good game of cornhole. Michael had a Harley, and he and Tammi often enjoyed cruising around Dunn Center and the surrounding areas. He will be greatly missed by his family and all of those who had the privilege of knowing him. Michael is survived by his best friend and long-time partner, Tammi Nettnin; his son, Mike Koonrad; his brothers, Patrick Brooks and Norman Libey; his sisters, Debbie Grossman, Clara Mae Bernston, and Sandra Cooper; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Michael and Edith; and nephew, Bobby Crawford.
Red ID: FND_I_78324

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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