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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 270995
Title: Jack Skarda
Date: 11/30/1929-3/11/2024
Inscription/Marks: 11/30/1929
Summary: Jack Skarda, 94, of Watford City, ND, passed away March 11, 2024, at the Good Shepherd Home, Watford City, ND. Funeral services for Jack were held March 16, 2024, at the Clear Creek Lutheran Church, Keene, ND, with Pastor Peder Stenslie officiating. Military honors were presented by the Carl E. Rogen Post 29, Watford City, and representatives from the US Army Funeral Honor Guard. Interment was in the Clear Creek Cemetery, Keene. Jack was born on November 30, 1929, on the family farm north of Charlson. He was the third child of Lewis and Jessie (Falls) Skarda. Jessie homesteaded in the Bowman area before she married Lewis. They moved from the river bottom when he was in 7th grade. He graduated from Old Sanish High School in 1948. While in high school, he enjoyed playing on their basketball team. Jack went into the Army in January 1952 and went to basic training in Augusta, GA. He then went to Germany after the end of World War II and was in the 43rd Infantry Division Signal Corps. He got out of the army in December 1953 and went back to farming on the home place. He met the love of his life, Joanne Blegen in 1954 and they were married in 1955. They had four children: Charlotte, Gary, Wayne, and Randy. He roughnecked for a while in 1956 and worked for Lawrence Transportation as a crane operator and truck driver. He bought the Keene store in 1959 and worked there while also farming and driving school bus (2-3 years). He sold it in 1973. He bought the current farm in pieces starting in 1958 with the purchase of a house and some land from Carl Gryte. In his younger years he loved to participate in bareback, saddle bronc and calf roping in the rodeo when he was not farming. He always enjoyed going hunting and especially loved horses. He loved being a rancher. Jack is survived by his children, Charlotte Willis (Greg), Gary Skarda (Kathy), Wayne Skarda (Kim), and Randy Skarda (Tana). He is also survived by numerous grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Jack was preceded in death by his wife, Joanne; his parents, Lewis and Jessie (Falls) Skarda; his sister, Marge Kieson; brothers, Robert and William; and infant granddaughters, Melinda and Shawna Willis.
Red ID: FND_I_78486

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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