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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271141
Title: Wayne "Bud" A. Weikum
Date: 1/15/1946-1/17/2023
Inscription/Marks: 1/15/1946
Summary: Wayne Arthur Weikum, 77, Bismarck, ND, passed away in his home surrounded by his family on January 17, 2023. A funeral service was held January 23, 2023, at First Lutheran Church, Mandan, ND. Burial was held at the Mandan Union Cemetery. Bud was born January 15, 1946, to Arthur and Olivia (Schock) Weikum, the third of four children. He was raised on a farm north of Elgin, ND, and attended country school and Elgin High School. Bud married Karen Heupel on July 3, 1970. They raised three children, Tammy, Travis “Buck” and Tanya. They milked and farmed south of Elgin. Bud and Karen moved to Gillette, WY, in 1975, and Bud worked in the oilfield. They purchased the family farm at Elgin and moved there to farm and raise their family in December of 1976. Bud enjoyed horses and was active in the Elgin Saddle Club. He shared his passion for horses and farming with his wife and children. They all learned how to ride and would often trail ride together on Sunday afternoons. Bud got his CDL license and drove truck for Cenex in Elgin before retiring from farming and moving to Mandan in 2001. He continued to drive propane truck at Cenex in Bismarck until 2011 when he retired. During retirement, Bud enjoyed woodworking projects, volunteering at the North Dakota Railroad Museum, and spending time with family and friends. On summer evenings after 7 P.M. he could often be found on the driveway with neighbors. Bud is survived by his wife of 52 years, Karen (Heupel) Weikum; children, Tammy (Brian) Lardy, Travis “Buck” Weikum, and Tanya (Kevin) Kvamme; grandchildren, Kodi (Jared) Bosch, Teri Jo (Chris) Heinen, Zachary, Kiley, and Haakon Kvamme; great-granddaughters, Evelyn and Olivia Bosch and Lydia Heinen; siblings, LeRoy (Ramona) Weikum, Norma Lippert, and Corrine (Mike) Mlnarik; brothers-in-law, Myron (Vanessa) Heupel and Ken (Judy) Heupel; and many nieces nephews, cousins, and good friends and neighbors. He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur and Olivia Weikum; father and mother-in-law, Arnold and Lydia (Kirsch) Heupel; brother-in-law, Adelph Lippert; and nephew, Christopher Elliot.
Red ID: FND_I_78629 Image ID: 594865 Image Notes: FND001 271141

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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