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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270827
Title: Jolsey M. Pierce
Date: 3/16/1990-7/11/2024
Inscription/Marks: 3/16/1990
Summary: Jolsey M. Pierce passed away on July 11, 2024, in Fargo, ND. A funeral service was held July 17, 2024, at First Lutheran Church, New Rockford, ND. Jolsey Marie Pierce was born to Corrina Pierce and Darin Laber on March 16, 1990, at the Carrington Hospital in Carrington, ND. Jolsey was baptized as an infant at the Nazarene Church in New Rockford. Jolsey's journey on this earth came to an abrupt halt and she died on July 11, 2024, in Fargo surrounded by family and friends. She leaves behind a legacy of kindness, creativity, and profound love for animals and people alike. Jolsey loved butterflies, but not all winged insects. She was terribly afraid of bees and if you were riding in a car with her as the driver and she spotted a bee in the car, you were destined for one wild ride! Jolsey loved music and she liked it loud. Everything from rock to hip hop....even her grandparents “old fogey music.” Corrina enjoyed their drives together as they would listen to music and have heart to heart conversations. Jolsey loved cooking and would look up new recipes on her phone and make them. Some of them were delicious and some of them were....well, bless her heart, she tried. Jolsey loved art and she was a heck of a good artist. She could draw almost anything but animals and cartoon characters seemed to be her strong suit. She started developing this skill at an early age by coloring all over her great-grandma Phil's walls with crayons...such big visions for such a giant canvas. She was a child of mischief, once stealing her great-grandpa’s riding lawnmower and riding off into the sunset and also taking her grandma and grandpa’s new Dodge Daytona for a test drive at the ripe old age of 5. Jolsey had a great sense of adventure and a great sense of humor. She loved to laugh and make other people laugh as well. She saw the good in everyone; in her eyes everyone lived on the same side of the tracks. She loved animals, especially her dog Raidon. Like Jolsey, Raidon loves adventure. Jolsey and Raidon loved to go for car rides together (the dog must’ve liked loud music too). Their relationship was one of trust and love and deciding on what direction their next adventure was going to be in. Jolsey was more than smart; she was articulate, intuitive, and always surprised her mom with her wealth of knowledge. Jolsey was a hard worker and throughout her life, she dabbled at various kinds of jobs, some of those being a CNA, working at a bank, and housekeeping, but her favorite job was probably working alongside her very best friend, LaRae Sifuentes at the Loco Ketchup. People looked forward to eating at the Loco when Jolsey was working just to see her bright eyes and stunning smile. Jolsey loved makeup, Marilyn Monroe, and all things glamorous. She took pride in looking her best, but she didn't have to work very hard at it because she was gorgeous inside and out. Jolsey is now reunited with her maternal great-grandparents, Mike and Phil Duchscherer, and Marvin and Marie Pierce; and her paternal grandparents, Marvin and Maryann Laber; and numerous aunts and uncles. Her spirit lives on in the hearts of those she leaves behind. She will be greatly missed by her mom, Corrina; stepdad, Mark Boyer; her father, Darin; grandparents, Jerome and Carol Pierce; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and her loyal pup, Raidon.
Red ID: FND_I_78326

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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