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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270982
Title: Neoma D. Severson
Date: 9/23/1939-9/13/2023
Inscription/Marks: 9/23/1939
Summary: Neoma Dale Severson, Watford City, ND, formerly of Williston, ND, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family September 13, 2023, at the McKenzie County Hospital. In keeping with Neoma’s wishes, no services were held. Neoma was born September 23, 1939, to Robert and Bertha Hurley in Brosley, MO, and was the youngest of five children. She had four children of her own, Debbe Kay, Twila Welch, Bill Huggins and Terry Huggins. In 1982 she moved to Williston, where she met Norman Severson. They were married in Deadwood, SD, on February 20, 1993. They continued to live in Williston until Norman’s passing in 2016. For the last five years, Neoma was living with her daughter, Debbe, in Watford City. She was close to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom she got to see regularly. She loved being closer to family, and while she missed all of her friends in Williston, she made many new ones in Watford City. Neoma is survived by her children, Debbe Kay, of Watford City, Twila Welch, of Dickinson, and Bill Huggins, of Independence, MO; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Severson; her son, Terry Huggins; and two sisters and a brother.
Red ID: FND_I_78473

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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