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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271160
Title: Constance "Connie" M. Wilburn
Date: 6/27/1948-2/19/2024
Inscription/Marks: 6/27/1948
Summary: On February 19, 2024, Constance (Connie) Marie Wilburn, 75, met her Savior face to face. Her funeral service was held February 23, 2024, at the Tioga Assembly of God Church in Tioga, ND. Connie was laid to rest at the United Cemetery in Tioga. Connie Nelson was born June 27, 1948 to Hjalmer August and Florence Marion Nelson. She was raised on a farm north of Palermo and attended Sidonia Country School for grade school and Palermo for high school. She then graduated from Minot State College and received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and a minor in music. Connie married Gary Wilburn on June 8, 1969, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Sidonia Township. She taught school for two years at Glenburn and also subbed at surrounding schools. Connie and Gary lived in Minot, Velva, Sawyer and settled in Tioga in 1982. Together they had eight children. Connie loved God with all her heart, soul, mind and strength. Her life was lived in the fullness of God. This was shown through her love and service to her family, friends and all who knew her. She loved music, singing and playing piano. Her love of God and His Word was everything; she was a student of the Word. She attended Tioga Assembly of God where she served in numerous ministries. Serving as Sunday school superintendent, teaching Sunday school, girls ministries, power kids, and Connie was a Proverbs 31 woman and will be greatly missed. Connie is survived by her husband, Gary; her children, Shayne (Corinne) Wilburn, their children Cody (Emily) their child, Serenity Wilburn, Shayna Ottesen-Wilburn; Chad Wilburn; Cory (Shiloh) Wilburn, their children Jax, Jolie, Drew; Crystal (Daniel) Weiland, their children Avryl, Petrah, Neva; Gary (Ashley) Wilburn, their children Ethan, Isabella; Charles Wilburn; Chantel (Patrick) Fretland, their children Coulee, Berklee; Rachel (Mark) Myers, their children James, Constance Lila, Leah; sibling, Sherry Andersen; sister-in-law, Caryn Nelson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hjalmer and Marion Nelson; brother, James Nelson.
Red ID: FND_I_78647

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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