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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271098
Title: Jeanie Vanvig
Date: 12/20/1942-11/24/2023
Inscription/Marks: 12/20/1942
Summary: Jeanie Vanvig, 80, Dickinson, ND, passed away, November 24, 2023, at Hill Top Home of Comfort, Killdeer, ND. Funeral services were held November 30, 2023, at the Medora Community Center with Pastor Dawn Busch officiating. Burial was at the Medora Cemetery. Jeanie Frampton was born December 20, 1942, to Elmer and Sylvia (Bailey) Frampton. She grew up and attended school in Summersville, MO. When she completed high school, she worked at a factory in Summersville sewing baseballs. Later, she joined her sister Audrey and her mother as she began working at Angelica Uniform Factory. During this time, she welcomed her first daughter, Rhonda. In 1964 she met Roger Vanvig, her future husband. Shortly after they met, he was deployed to Germany. The two stayed in contact by exchanging letters. When he returned in 1966, they were married April 23, 1967, on the Frampton homestead. Soon after they were married, they began their journey to North Dakota and when they arrived on May 10, 1967, they were welcomed by a harsh snowstorm. This made Jeanie question her decision to move to North Dakota. Despite this, she was soon able to call it home. They lived in Medora until August 1973 and during this time they welcomed their first daughter Rita, in June of 1968. Their next adventure in life led them to Darby, MT. They were able to call this home for only a short period of time as Jeanie was allergic to the pine trees. Because of this, they packed up and headed back to North Dakota, ending up in Fryburg where Roger began working at Hess. While in Fryburg, Jeanie watched Bill and Lana O’Brien’s children, beginning her long journey of babysitting, and always caring for all the neighborhood children. During this time, they also welcomed their second daughter, Renae, in February 1974. In 1980 they once again changed their lifestyle and moved to the Vanvig homestead ranch south of Medora. They began living their life in the beautiful Badlands. The whole community was always welcomed by Jeanie. She loved company, always welcomed everyone with southern hospitality and her amazing cooking and baking talents. Nobody will ever forget her famous fried chicken and gravy! In 2006 they sold the ranch and moved south of Dickinson. Jeanie will be greatly missed by anyone she knew, as she was an amazing spouse, mother, grandmother, and friend. Jeanie is survived by her husband, Roger, of 57 years; daughters, Rhonda Lewellyn and Renae Praus; grandchildren, Dylan (Kelsey) Lewellyn, Kendra (Bryan) Lewellyn, Megan Markuson, Taylor Praus, and Shalee Praus; great-grandchildren, Daedyn, Ayden, Davin, and Arya Lewellyn; sisters, Delois and Sandra; many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Sylvia; sister, Audrey; brother, Lloyd; daughter, Rita; mother-in-law, Shirley; father-in-law, Muggs; brother-in-law, Bill Vanvig.
Red ID: FND_I_78587 Image ID: 595641 Image Notes: FND001 271098

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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