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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271009
Title: Mark J. Solberg
Date: 11/16/1942-6/29/2023
Inscription/Marks: 11/16/1942
Summary: Just as a farmer’s crops have seasons, so does his life. On Thursday, June 29, 2023, Mark Jerome Solberg returned to the earth he had cared for as a humble, hardworking farmer. His funeral was held July 6, 2023, at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau, ND. Burial was at the Rosehill Cemetery in Minot, ND. Mark began his life in Rugby, ND, on November 16, 1942, born to Mel and Veda (Engen) Solberg. His love of the land and mechanics was cultivated at an early age. He graduated from Bottineau High School in 1960 and continued his education at the North Dakota School of Forestry and the North Dakota State School of Science with an auto mechanics degree in 1964. Mark showed his dedication to our country by serving in the North Dakota National Guard, 164th Engineer Battalion. During his early years, as he was sowing the seeds of what was to become a successful farm operation which he built from the ground up. Mark married Carolyn Becker, and they had two children, Paul and Alyson, who continue his legacy of honesty and hard work. In 1996 Mark married Bonnie Strand in Bottineau. Mark’s sense of community was firmly planted in his commitment to serving for many years on the Pickering Township Board, the Bottineau Farmers Elevator Board, and First Lutheran Church Council. Mark is missed by his wife, Bonnie; son, Paul (Lynn); daughter, Alyson (Kevin) Schepp; grandsons, Dawson and Gavin Schepp and Landen Solberg; brother, Greg (Carmen); nephews, Chris (Angie) Solberg, Chuck (Lauri) Solberg, and Joe (Brianna) Solberg; Bonnie’s family: sons, Brent and Jason (Denise) Dickinson; grandchildren, Sabrina, Levi, Matthew and Adam Dickinson; and great-grandchildren, Kambri, Connor, and Tatum. He was welcomed by his parents.
Red ID: FND_I_78500 Image ID: 596087 Image Notes: FND001 271009

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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