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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271129
Title: Sylvia E. Watson
Date: 12/11/1921-3/16/2021
Inscription/Marks: 12/11/1921
Summary: Sylvia Elizabeth Watson passed away March 16, 2021, at the age of 99. She had been in the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center for some time. Her husband, Terry Milton Watson, passed away in March 2020. A graveside service was held March 23, 2021, at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck, ND. Sylvia was born December 11, 1921. She was married in 1943 and raised three children. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and was very active in ministry in the church. She helped with Luther League, was a member of Bible Studies, and helped at their annual lutefisk dinner. She took lessons in watercolor and rosemalling and became very proficient in both. She was a member of BAGA and had some of her own receptions. She sold and gave away many paintings. Rosemalling was also a love of hers and she painted many, many beautiful things. One of her trunks and her Norwegian Bunda are at the Heritage Center museum in Bismarck. They had been members of Sons of Norway and she participated in many things in the group. Sylvia is survived by her two daughters, Renee Tetzloff, The Dalles, OR, and Linda Barth Grosz, Bismarck; son, Terry James Watson, address unknown at this time; four granddaughters, Trish Barth, Cindy Barth, Julie Parries and Jamey Thorson; two great-grandsons and two great-great-grandsons, Ethan Renner Parries and Uriiah Lee Parries. We will always remember with love and gratitude for the great mother she was. We know she will meet Jesus and that will bring her much joy.
Red ID: FND_I_78618 Image ID: 577151 Image Notes: FND001 271129

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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