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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270993
Title: Evelyn Skaff
Date: 6/1/1924-8/1/2022
Inscription/Marks: 6/1/1924
Summary: A memorial service for Evelyn Skaff, 98, who passed away on August 1, 2022, was held September 30, 2022, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck, ND. Burial was at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck. Evelyn Slovarp was born June 1, 1924, in Bismarck, to Alfred and Vera (Reed) Slovarp. She grew up on a farm in McKenzie, ND, and went to school in McKenzie and high school in Bismarck. She graduated in 1942 from Bismarck High School. After graduation, during the war, she moved to San Diego, CA, where she worked at an airplane factory as a riveter. She was promoted to installing cameras on B-17s. Every month she sent part of her earnings back home, so her parents could buy a tractor for the farm. She moved to Portland, OR, and worked there for a couple of years. Once the war ended, she moved back to Bismarck and worked at the state capitol in the tax department where she met Victor Skaff, her future husband. Evelyn married Victor on June 22, 1952, and they raised three children. Evelyn enjoyed sewing, baking, pies, making donuts on Memorial Day, and hosting family gatherings. She loved spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. After retiring, she and Victor spent 27 winters in Arizona, until he passed away in 2008. They loved to dance, play cards, watch the Minnesota Twins baseball games, and spend time with their many relatives and friends. Evelyn loved volunteering at Bismarck Hospital for many years, as well as at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. In 2015 Evelyn moved to Roseburg, OR, where her daughter, Marcia, lives. She resided at Riverview Terrace. In 2020, she moved to a Transitional Care home where she enjoyed the farm-like setting and excellent nursing care. Evelyn leaves three children, Paul Skaff, Bismarck, Marcia Gawne (David), Roseburg, OR, and Nancy Gillogly (Don), Denver, CO; three grandchildren, Andrew (Kristin) Gawne, Emily (Ben) Knear, and Sarah (Kenneth) Fung; and seven great-grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Victor; her parents; brothers, Robert, Duane, and Dick; and sister, Beverly.
Red ID: FND_I_78484

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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