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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270852
Title: Richard J. Rasch
Date: 9/19/1938-9/3/2023
Inscription/Marks: 9/19/1938
Summary: Richard J. Rasch, 84, Halliday, ND, passed away September 3, 2023, at Sakakawea Medical Center in Hazen, ND. Per Richard’s wishes, cremation has taken place. Richard John Rasch was born September 19, 1938, north of Halliday, the son of Christian and Lydia (Kruckenberg) Rasch. He attended Pioneer #1 School through the eighth grade and graduated from Halliday High School in 1956. Richard joined the US Navy on June 28, 1956 in Fargo, ND. He worked on the aircraft carriers Intrepid and Independence. He was honorably discharged on June 26, 1962 in Norfolk, VA. Richard was married to Dorothy Anderson in Minturn, CO, in 1961. They had five children, Cheryl, Charlotte, Christine, Cathy and Carolyn were born. Richard was an underground miner in Colorado and Missouri from 1959 to 1982. He then became a commercial fisherman in Alaska until 2005. In his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and especially gardening. He loved to give the vegetables he grew to everyone in his neighborhood. Richard was a member of the Eagles Club and Moose Lodge. Richard is survived by his daughters, Cheryl Schollenberg, Charlotte (Ron) Records, Christine Rasch, Cathy (Joe) Bolton, and Carolyn Burton; one brother, Walter Rasch; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Christian and Lydia; brothers, Roland, Otto, Herbert, Arthur, George, and Albert; and sisters, Agatha, Hilda, Edna, and Erna.
Red ID: FND_I_78349

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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