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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271049
Title: Lester Stull
Date: 1/22/1926-6/4/2023
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 1/22/1926
Summary: On January 22, 1926, a young mother, pregnant with her second child, passes away.  The doctors successfully remove the baby boy from her womb. So begins the life of Lester Stull. A memorial service was held June 23, 2023, at Cornerstone Community Church, Bismarck, ND. Burial was held at the Glencoe Cemetery, Emmons County. Lester was born to Harvey William and Leora Belle (Slater) Stull in Cummings, ND.  He was raised on a farm south of Menoken, ND, by his father, along with his aunt and uncle, John and Anna (Slater) Welch.  After attending rural schools he moved to Bismarck, where he worked numerous jobs, including at the Bismarck Airport, Ack’s Radiator Shop, and Ed’s Body Shop, to name just a few. Lester married Oren Esther Bidwell September 25, 1949, in Bismarck.  For many years they worked as a custodial team for Bismarck Public Schools.  They were long-time members of Cornerstone Community Church in Bismarck.  Lester is survived by his daughters, Leora (David) Gilbert, Pamela (Richard) Anderson, Janet (Clyde) Bauman, and Sandra Nygaard; grandchildren, Russell Galvin, David Gilbert, Tammy Mancha, April Jenkins, Richard and Christopher Anderson, Richard and Robert Novy, Sarah Ackerman, Brook Spotts, and Steven, Justin, and Chastity Nygaard; 28 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; many, many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oren; his brother, Lynn Stull; son-in-law, Doyle Nygaard; and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
Red ID: FND_I_78539 Image ID: 555471 Image Notes: FND001 271049

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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