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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271085
Title: Albert Tormaschy
Date: 9/13/1936-8/30/2023
Inscription/Marks: 9/13/1936
Summary: Albert Tormaschy, 86, Dickinson, ND, passed away August 30, 2023, at St. Benedicts Living. Funeral Mass for Albert was held September 2, 2023, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Monsignor Thomas Richter celebrating. Inurnment will take place at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Albert was born September 13, 1936, in Dickinson, the son of John and Eva (Krug) Tormaschy. He attended school in Gladstone, graduating in 1952. Albert enlisted into the US Army in the fall of 1956. During this time he served in Germany. PFC Tormaschy was honorably discharged from Ft. Sheridan, IL, in 1958. Albert began farming near Gladstone in 1959. He married Genevieve Heidt on September 4, 1962, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Dickinson. The couple was blessed with three children, Carla, Curtis and Tina. The family lived on the farm south of Gladstone from 1962 to 1983, where they ran a dairy operation and farmed. While farming, Albert had done some construction work, worked for August Cabinet Shop, and he also did oil painting (a hobby he enjoyed), and a few other jobs. Albert and Genevieve retired from the farm in 1983. They moved to Dickinson where they owned and operated the Rancher Motel and later converted it into apartments. Albert is survived by his wife, Genevieve; his daughters, Carla (Glenn) Renner, of Zap, ND, and Tina Gress, of Dickinson; his son, Curtis (Laura) Tormaschy, of Gladstone; grandchildren, Summer Vlasquez, Devon Gress, Brandon Renner, Darin Tormaschy, and Brooke Bartholomew; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Grace (John) Dukart, of Dickinson and Linda (Larry) Urbanec, of Bismarck, ND; and brother-in-law, Mike Marczuk. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Eva; sisters, Pauline Dobson and Evelyn Marczuk; and granddaughter, Sarah Rohde.
Red ID: FND_I_78575 Image ID: 595629 Image Notes: FND001 271085

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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