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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271153
Title: Marilyn M. Weyer
Date: 6/4/1939-9/29/2023
Inscription/Marks: 6/4/1939
Summary: Marilyn Weyer, 84, of Minot, formerly Westhope, ND, lost her battle with Alzheimer’s on September 29, 2023 at a Velva, ND, nursing home. Mass of the Christian burial was celebrated October 11, 2023, at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Westhope. Burial was at Westhope Cemetery. Marilyn Marie Gray, a daughter of Alonzo and Muriel (Walsh) Gray, was born June 4, 1939, in New England, ND. She graduated from Wibaux High School. On July 2, 1957, she married Raymond L. Weyer in Glendive, MT. They moved to Tioga, ND, where Ray began his career in oil with KBM. In 1970 they moved to Westhope where Marilyn worked as an aide at the Westhope Nursing Home and as a daycare provider for some of her grandchildren. Ray and Marilyn purchased Ham’s Well Service from Red Ham in 1975. They retired in 1993 and moved to Minot because of health issues. Ray passed away on May 25, 2002. Marilyn remained in Minot for the remainder of her life. Marilyn was a member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church in Westhope where she was a member of the Altar Society. Marilyn was also a breast cancer survivor. She is survived by her two daughters, Muriel (Daryl) Andersen, of Lake Metigoshe, ND, and Tanya (Jeff) Cooper, of Westhope; nine grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; sister, Claudia Bakken, of Wibaux, MT; sisters-in-law, Vivian Gray and Jean Jacobsen, both of Montana; and numerous nieces and nephews who each held a special place in her heart. Loved ones that she has been reunited with that preceded her in death are her husband of 45 years, Raymond L. Weyer; daughter, Shawna; her mother, father and stepfather; sisters, Shirley and Darlene; and brothers, Dennis and Bernie.
Red ID: FND_I_78640 Image ID: 557332 Image Notes: FND001 271153

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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