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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271134
Title: Aone L. Wedel
Date: 6/11/1943-5/26/2023
Inscription/Marks: 6/11/1943
Summary: Aone Lois Wedel, 79, Missoula, MT, formerly of Cartwright, ND, passed away May 26, 2023. A funeral was held June 2, 2023, at St. Michael and All Angels in Cartwright, with Reverend Kim Fox officiating. Burial was in Yellowstone Point Cemetery in Cartwright. Aone was born to William and Lillian (Johnson) Dobias at Mercy Hospital in Williston, ND, on June 11, 1943. As a child, she attended Sioux Crossing Grade School in Cartwright. She graduated from Fairview High School with the class of 1961. After high school, she married Bob Sanderson and had two children, Aleta and Kirk. Aone worked at Community Memorial Hospital in Sidney, MT, until moving to Billings, MT, where she had secretarial/office manager jobs for Dun & Bradstreet, Glens Falls Insurance, and Continental Emsco. Soon after, she met the love of her life, Dick Wedel and his daughter, Kathie. They were married November 1, 1969, and their life of adventure began. Dick adopted Aleta and Kirk and they raised their three children together. Dick’s career in the Air Force caused many moves - - Utah, California, Taiwan, and Texas. After retirement from active duty, the family moved to Missoula where Aone worked as the executive secretary for Dr. Herman Walters at the University of Montana’s Psychology Clinic. They lived in Missoula until their children graduated from Sentinel High School. Dick and Aone then moved to South Dakota; then back to Aone’s family farm in North Dakota in 1983 where they worked together on the land. To escape the brutal winters that North Dakota brings, they traveled to Yuma, AZ, for many years. Aone loved golfing, dancing, the company of family and friends, community activities, and attending the Episcopal Church. In 2000, Aone was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This never dulled her spunky, spitfire spirit. Together, Dick and Aone took on every new challenge that came with the disease, and just kept going! They never let the diagnosis get in the way of their lives, continuing to travel even after the paralyzation of her legs and one arm. They were, and will forever be, partners and soulmates through and through. In 2010, Aone and Dick moved back to Missoula to be closer to their daughter, Aleta, and two of their grandchildren, Alishka and Brianna. Aone’s last days were spent at home surrounded by family. Aone was fiercely loyal to the people she loved. She was the best wife, mother, and grandmother anyone could ask for She was…. “A Loyal Companion An Excellent Friend An Earnest Worker And True to the End” -Fairview High School Year Book 1961 Aone is survived by her husband, Dick Wedel; sister, Donna and husband Dave Lloyd; sister, Thelma Reeves; her children, Aleta Rae Link, Kathleen Rae Russell, and Kirk Duane Wedel; and stepchildren, Richard Wedel and Beverly Peterson; ten grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren. Aone was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Lillian Dobias; her eldest sister, Sue Adams; and brothers-in law, Bob Adams and Derrell Reeves.
Red ID: FND_I_78623 Image ID: 577156 Image Notes: FND001 271134

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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