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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270934
Title: Durant L. Schiermeister
Date: 4/8/1956-5/11/2021
Inscription/Marks: 4/8/1956
Summary: Durant Lee Schiermeister, 65, Hazelton, ND, crossed the finish line into heaven May 11, 2021. A funeral service was held May 15, 2021, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Bismarck, ND. Burial was at Glencoe Cemetery. Durant was born April 8, 1956, to Leo and Dorinda (Lindeman) Schiermeister. He was raised on the family farm near Hazelton. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hazelton, graduated from Hazelton High School in 1975, and was a member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Bismarck. Durant was a third-generation farmer along the Missouri River. Durant married the love of his life, Sharon Ray, in 1984. Durant and Sharon traveled to many places including the mountains in Montana, Black Hills in South Dakota, and the beaches of Hawaii, making many lifelong memories and friends. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Sharon; parents, Leo and Dorinda Schiermeister; sisters, Carla (Rob) Lein and Shelly Foell; brother and sister-in-law, Jerry (Jeanine) Ray and Nancy (Butch) Glass; nieces, Jana (Kelly) Hart and Jamie (Colin) Carpenter; nephews, Nathan Scherr and Joshua (Evonne) Ray; and great-nieces and nephews, Mason, Madison, Sam, Ava, Travis Bodhi, Kale and Lukas. He was preceded in death by his grandparents; mother and father-in-law, Donald and Beverly Ray; brother-in-law, Clayton Foell; and niece, Shaunda Glass.
Red ID: FND_I_78429 Image ID: 599618 Image Notes: FND001 270934

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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