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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271167
Title: Alan N. Willyard
Date: 9/9/1931-9/7/2023
Inscription/Marks: 9/9/1931
Summary: Alan N. Willyard, 91, Carrington, ND, died September 7, 2023, at CHI St. Alexius Health in Carrington, ND, with his son by his side. A funeral service was held September 13, 2023, at the Federated Church in Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Alan N. Willyard was born September 9, 1931, at home in Melville, ND, the third son of Warren and Edythe (Zink) Willyard. He attended a one-room country school through the 8th grade, before coming to Carrington for high school. He graduated from high school with academic honors and was the Athlete of the Year in 1951. Alan married Cynthia Olson in 1951 in the Federated Church, Carrington. Together they were blessed with four children: Pamela, Bruce, Jay, and Staci. After working for Eldo Lee, he started his own excavating business, which he owned and operated for 37 years. His son, Bruce, worked with him and has continued operating the business even after Alan retired. Alan liked hunting and fishing and taught his grandsons about the sport. He enjoyed golfing, even accomplished a hole-in-one, and was one of many who helped build CrossRoads Golf Course in Carrington. He also loved to bowl with family and friends and was a part of many leagues over the years. He was the Chamber president for many years, president of the old Foster County Wildlife Club, a member of the Jaycees, the hospital board that built the new hospital, and served on the Federated Church Board. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia; children, Pamela (Jack) Kutz, Sykeston, ND, Bruce (Michelle) Willyard, Carrington, and Staci (Terry) Miller, Hettinger, ND; eight grandchildren, Audra Mehl, LaNae Weber, Quenton Kutz, Jennifer Willyard, Sarah Morze, Marie Willyard, Grant Miller, and Cole Miller; eleven great-grandchildren; and a brother, Jim (Mary) Willyard of Anoka, MN. Alan was preceded in death by his parents, Warren and Edythe; one son, Jay; one grandson, Mitch Miller, of Hettinger; and four brothers, Edward, Wells, George, and Jerry.
Red ID: FND_I_78654 Image ID: 557363 Image Notes: FND001 271167

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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