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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271103
Title: Pamala R. Verreras
Date: 9/5/1943-5/11/2023
Inscription/Marks: 9/5/1943
Summary: Pamala R. Verreras, 79, Dunn Center, ND, passed away May 11, 2023, at CHI St. Alexius in Dickinson, ND. No services were held. Pamala Rose Gilmore was born on September 5, 1943, in Modesto, CA, to Wesley and Rebecca (Stockman) Gilmore. She married Videl Carlos Verreras and they had three children, Troy, Ramona, and Valerie. Pamala lived in California for the majority of her life, only recently moving to North Dakota in February of 2019. She was so excited to cross the North Dakota border, shouting “I’m a North Dakotan!” She loved watching the snowfall outside the window during the winter. Pamala had many hobbies. She enjoyed being outdoors and riding her Arabian horse. She had a large garden with a pond, and she loved filling it with flowers. Pamala was a skilled artist, and she painted and drew many landscapes and horses. She liked to crochet and quilt, and she made many baby blankets for her grandchildren. She also loved to dance, and taught her family the twist, two-step, and waltz. She absolutely adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She helped raise many of them and spent much of her time taking care of them. She always put them before herself and was constantly asking what she could do for them. During their last conversations, many of her grandchildren told her that if it wasn’t for her, they wouldn’t have the faith they have now. She brought them closer to God. Pamala will be forever loved and greatly missed by her entire family. Pamala is survived by her daughters, Ramona Verreras and Valerie Lemus; her grandchildren, Chantel Morris, Candace Morris-McGowen, Mariah Padgett, Randi Spence, Brianna Lemus, Anthony Lemus, and Nate Lemus; her great-grandchildren, Leila, Landon, Matthias, and Mason McGowen, Avery and Chandler McGowen, and Keaton Brown; and her sister, Billie. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wesley and Rebecca; her husband, Videl (2009); her son, Troy (2014); and her sister, Vivian.
Red ID: FND_I_78592 Image ID: 575972 Image Notes: FND001 271103

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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