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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270981
Title: Dale "Duff" Settelmeyer
Date: 10/22/1942-6/25/2024
Inscription/Marks: 10/22/1942
Summary: Dale “Duff” Settelmeyer, 81, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2024, surrounded by his loved ones. He was a husband, father, grandpa, and all around grumpy old man. Duff lived in New Rockford, ND, for most of his 81 years. His Mass of Christian burial was held July 26, 2024, at St. John’s Catholic Church, New Rockford. Born October 22, 1942, to George and Margaret (Hitz) Settelmeyer, Dale was the first of four children. He worked hard even as a child, milking cows and helping around the farm. He spent time working in the chicken coop which resulted in a life-long disgust with poultry of all kinds. Duff went to “country school,” New Rockford Central, and graduated from St. James Academy. He married Sharon Lindstrom with whom he had two children, Anthony (Tony) Dale, and Timothy George. Later, he attended the University of North Dakota and worked at Shakey's Pizza in Grand Forks, where he met Bonnie Rynestad. They married and had two children, Nikki and Jake. Duff married Sandy Nygaard in 1990 and was married to her for the rest of his life. Duff and Sandy enjoyed riding horses and visiting with family at the farm. They were members of the Circle Trail Riders and went on the last ride over Father's Day weekend. In 2014, Grayson "Gracie" Sykora came into the Settelmeyers’ life as an infant and became a granddaughter to Duff and Sandy. She brought much joy to them in the later years. Gracie and her dad, Paul Sykora, grew to be family to Sandy and Duff and spent lots of time with the Settelmeyers on the farm. Duff spent the majority of his life on the Settelmeyer family farm, a place that held deep meaning for him. He was raised with a strong work ethic and kept busy tending to the farm even after the livestock was gone. After he retired, he enjoyed working on various projects, pushing snow, taking care of the horses, and mowing the lawn. Duffy loved westerns, his wife Sandy, his children and grandchildren, animals of all kinds, and more than anything, he loved smoking. Duffy was always going to make his own pine box but his cousin Rodney made it. Duff is survived by wife, Sandy; children, Tony (Anca) Settelmeyer, Nikki Settelmeyer, Jake Settelmeyer; and grandchildren, Faith Settelmeyer, Stephanie Settelmeyer, Otto Settelmeyer and Grayson Sykora; siblings, Marilyn Jacobs and Susan (Jerry) Ryden. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Margaret; brother, John “Jake” Settelmeyer; a son, Timothy Settelmeyer; and many friends and relatives.
Red ID: FND_I_78472

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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