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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271072
Title: Marvel Thompson
Date: 6/10/1951-2/18/2023
Inscription/Marks: 6/10/1951
Summary: Marvel Thompson, 71, Bottineau, ND, passed away February 18, 2023, at her home in Bottineau. Funeral services were held February 24, 2023, at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery in Dunseith, ND. Marvel Hill, a daughter of Chester and Mary (Fitzgerald) Hill, came unto this world on June 10, 1951, at her home. She was supposed to come in October and weighed 1 lb. 4 oz. She stayed at the St. Andrew's Hospital in Bottineau until September. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from Dunseith High School in 1969. She was employed by Rolette County Social Services in Rolla before moving to Bottineau and working at the Dakota College. She worked there for 39 years. She was once married to David Tooke and later Vaughn Thompson. Marvel was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. She was active with the DCB Logrollers, St. Andrew’s Hospital Auxiliary, and the Turtle Mountain Cancer Support. She enjoyed cooking, visiting with friends and family, and shopping, especially for shoes. She is survived by her brother, Kenny Hill, of Dunseith; sister, Elve Fuchs, of Bismarck, ND; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, Marvel was preceded in death by her brother, Vernolle Hill; sister, Arla Hiatt; sister-in-law, Helen Hill; and brothers-in-law, Wallace Hiatt and Orlan Fuchs.
Red ID: FND_I_78562 Image ID: 595422 Image Notes: FND001 271072

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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