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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271046
Title: Francis Streifel
Date: 6/14/1927-4/29/2018
Inscription/Marks: 6/14/1927
Summary: Francis Streifel, 90, Bismarck, ND, died peacefully April 29, 2018, at CHI St. Alexius Health, Bismarck. Mass of Christian burial was held May 3, 2018, at Church of St. Anne, Bismarck. Burial was at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Francis was born June 14, 1927, to Joseph and Anna Marie (Feist) Streifel in Zeeland, ND. He was proud to have served in the US Army during the Korean War. He married Marie Engelhart on October 19, 1953, at St. John’s Catholic Church, rural Zeeland. He worked at the McIntosh County Bank in Zeeland throughout his career as a branch manager and also served on the board of directors. Marie died tragically in a car accident on May 29, 1998. Francis was a very active member of the Zeeland civic and church community as a Zeeland City Councilman, City Auditor, assessor, volunteer fireman, member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Lions. With his church, he was a councilman, member of St. Andrew’s Church building committee, and a longtime lector. He married Marcella Volk on September 23, 2000. Francis was a very talented man who was always busy. He enjoyed woodworking, loved to build things, did woodturning, and was a member of the Bismarck Wood Turners. He also enjoyed fishing, golfing, gardening, camping (Missouri Breakers Good Sam Club), and bowling. He continued to bowl well into his 80s in two leagues a week. Blessed to have shared his life are his wife, Marcella; his children, Sharon (Gerry) isher, James (Cheryl) Streifel, and Nancy (Greg) Vollan, all of Bismarck, and Kathleen (Paul) Graham, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; his grandchildren, Shannon Fisher, Stephanie (Eric) Abel, Scott (Simone) Fisher, Alexandra Streifel, Christina (fiancé Sam LaBine) Streifel, Courtney Vollan, Jade Vollan, Kara (Jason) Geurts, Corrinn Graham, Kristopher Graham, and Kyhlie Graham; his brother, William Streifel, Aberdeen, SD; his sister, Pauline Crandall, La Habra, CA; and his stepchildren, LeRoy Volk, Willie Volk, Marie Job, Jerome Volk, Theresa Haugen, Gerard Volk, and Anthony Volk. Francis was preceded in death by his wife, Marie; his sister, Lillian Singh; brother, Aloysius Streifel; and his in-laws, Dolores Streifel, Marcella Zundel, and John Engelhart.
Red ID: FND_I_78536 Image ID: 595994 Image Notes: FND001 271046

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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