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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271174
Title: Shirley M. Wohl
Date: 7/5/1928-6/19/2020
Inscription/Marks: 7/5/1928
Summary: Shirley Mae Wohl, 91, Bismarck, ND, entered the kingdom of glory on June 19, 2020. A private family service was held June 26, 2021. Shirley M. Christensen was born July 5, 1928, in Flaxton, ND, to Enoch and Christine Christensen. She attended school in Flaxton and following high school received her teaching certificate from Minot State Teacher’s College. It was during that time she met the love of her life, Art Wohl. They were married June 20, 1948 and lived in Anamoose until 1952 when they moved to Underwood, ND. There they raised three children, David, Lawrence and Karolyn. Shirley began teaching at Underwood School in 1967. Her favorite age was third graders. She was known for being a tough but fair teacher with a soft heart. Sometimes the younger kids would forget and call her grandma and she kind of liked that. Over the years she had occasion to visit with many former students who gave her hugs and told her how much they enjoyed having her as a teacher. Shirley was also an avid golfer, so she enjoyed the opportunity to coach the high school golf team for several years, including leading the team to the state tournament. She went back to school at Minot State to get her bachelor’s degree over several years and while still working full time. She drove to Minot many nights to attend night classes and attended summer school for several years. In 1977, Shirley celebrated with her son, Larry, as both received their bachelor’s degrees on the same weekend, in Minot and Jamestown. Shirley retired from teaching in 1986 and enjoyed gardening, cross stitch, golf, grandchildren, and travel with Art. They spent several winters each in Florida and Arizona and took several trips around the country by bus and car. In 2000 they moved to Bismarck. They were active members of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church and enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Shirley continued an activity she had begun in Underwood, making church banners, including over a hundred baptismal and confirmation banners as well as special banners for the annual LWML Sundays. After a short stay at Edgewood Vista in Mandan in the summer of 2019, Shirley broke her shoulder in a fall and became a resident at St. Vincent’s Care Center until the time of her death. She is survived by her children, David, Larry (Jan) and Kari (Mike) Kramer; grandchildren, Christian (Caryn), Matthew, Ryan, Nicholas (Victoria), and Robert (Anna); great-grandchildren, Cory and Ella; sister, Della Wilhelm; sister-in-law, Florence Stenehjem; and many nieces and nephews and their families. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Carlyle; sisters, Georgia, Myrtle, Ruth; and husband, Art.
Red ID: FND_I_78661 Image ID: 557386 Image Notes: FND001 271174

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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