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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271100
Title: Jay Vanorny
Date: 6/3/1948-3/3/2023
Inscription/Marks: 6/3/1948
Summary: Jay Vanorny, 74, Dunseith, ND, passed away March 3, 2023, at home near Dunseith. Funeral services were held March 8, 2023, at the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. Burial was at the Little Prairie Cemetery north of Dunseith. Jay Vanorny, a son of Virgil and Beatrice (Wilkie) Vanorny, was born June 3, 1948, at Ashley, ND. He grew up in Dunseith and spent considerable time with his aunts and grandparents due to his mother’s illness. Jay attended high school in Dunseith and worked at Dale’s and Jim Metcalfe on the farm. On June 22, 1968, Jay married Lola Metcalfe. She was 17 and he was 20. They lived on a sheep farm west of Dunseith for several years. Jason was born in 1971 and they moved to the current farm north of Kelvin, ND, where they cleared the land and created a home and livelihood. Tina was born in 1972 and Joe was born in 1973. Jay worked at San Haven as the power plant supervisor for 22 years along with farming. He later farmed full time and also established Border Shipping Services. He also was a bus driver for Bottineau Public Schools. Lola passed away on July 22, 2015. Jay stayed on the farm and continued to farm with his son, Joe. Jay was a member of the Turtle Mountain Wildlife Club and the Dunseith Rodeo Club. He enjoyed fishing, bowling, team roping, and telling stories. He is survived by his daughter, Tina (Christian) Corely, of Bottineau; sons, Jason (Monica) Vanorny, of Adel, IA, and Joe Vanorny, of Dunseith; six grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Red ID: FND_I_78589 Image ID: 595642 Image Notes: FND001 271100

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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