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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271030
Title: G. Marlene Stanley
Date: 11/13/1938-1/6/2023
Inscription/Marks: 11/13/1938
Summary: G. Marlene Stanley, 84, of Dickinson, ND, passed away January 6, 2023, at Evergreen in Dickinson. Her funeral service was held January 12, 2022, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dickinson with Pastor Lisa Lewton officiating. Burial was at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery at Mandan, ND. G. Marlene Rykowski was born November 13, 1938, in Sidney, MT, to Joseph and Ruby Rykowski. They moved to the farm northeast of Belfield when she was a toddler. Marlene married Eugene Keller in November of 1956. They had two children, Susan and Michael. Eugene passed away in 1960. Marlene married Roger Stanley on December 26, 1963. She gained a stepson and a stepdaughter, Art and Esther Gail. She and Roger had three children together, Laura, Steve, and Michelle. They lived in Dickinson for all of their married life, until Roger passed away in March of 1995. Marlene enjoyed playing cards, bingo, reading, and finding a slot machine here and there. She especially enjoyed loving on her grandkids. Marlene is survived by her children, Art (Rita) Stanley, of Nevada, Michael Keller, of Arizona, Laura (Barry) Meduna, of Dickinson, Steve (Linda) Stanley, of Beulah, ND, and Michelle (Craig) Sickler, of Montana; her grandchildren, Lisa (Cory) Ladwig, Roger (Natalie) Stanley, Robert (Lori) Stanley, Ryan Stanley (Alisha), Rebecca Sand (Rob), Brad (Dena) Sand, David (Susan) Keller, Jared (Alyshia) Meduna, Nicole (Dan) Renshaw, Samara (Brandon) Frickey, Diedre Sickler (Sean), Nathan (Brette) Sickler, Amber Sickler, and Carly Sickler; 14 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Ray Rykowski, Helen Flaaen, Janice Schwindt, Ken Rykowski, LaVern Witte, Sandra Tuhy, Ron Rykowski, David Rykowski, and Doug Rykowski; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Eugene (1960) and Roger (1995); daughter, Susan Sand; granddaughter, Skylar KayAnn Stanley; great-granddaughter, Charly Renshaw; daughters-in-law, Rita Stanley and Holly Strom; son-in-law, Ken Sand; and brother, Ed Rykowsk
Red ID: FND_I_78521 Image ID: 596223 Image Notes: FND001 271030

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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