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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271180
Title: Marilyn L. Wolfe
Date: 10/4/1933-8/4/2023
Inscription/Marks: 10/4/1933
Summary: Marilyn Wolfe, 89, Bottineau, ND, passed away August 4, 2023, at a Bismarck, ND, hospital. Her funeral was held August 9, 2023, at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. Burial was at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau. Marilyn Luella Mattern, the baby of eight children born to Bert and Ella (Helgeson) Mattern, was born October 4, 1933, at Norma, ND. Marilyn graduated from Bottineau High School in 1952. She then married Marvin Amsbaugh at the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. They were blessed with five children. Marvin passed away suddenly on May 19, 1971. On December 1, 1972, she married Donald Wolfe. Marilyn worked for Fagerland Yamaha before going to Keller and Raymo’s where she worked until retiring in 1997. Marilyn was an active member of the First Lutheran Church in Bottineau. She enjoyed volunteering for the St. Andrew’s Hospital Auxiliary and Meals on Wheels. She also enjoyed watching professional sports, bowling and watching the Game Show Network and playing cards, especially pinochle and cribbage. She loved watching her grandchildren play sports, especially hockey. She looked forward to her Thursday morning coffee at the church, getting her hair done on Friday and then having coffee with her friends. She also enjoyed attending church every Sunday followed by coffee and visiting. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Donnie Wolfe; children, Deb (Don) Glinz, Connie Blada, Mark (Dawn) Amsbaugh, Rick (Mary Beth) Amsbaugh and Paul (Kelley) Amsbaugh; grandchildren, Brian (Alison), Matt, Derek (Lyndsey), Jamie (Jaclyn), Erik (Bethany), Nick (Ashley), Ginny (Jerry), Mackenzie (Cameron), Luke (Allie) and Ian (Averi); great-grandchildren, Dawson, Bryson, Brody, Fynley, Rayce, Ryder, Morgan. Madison, Myles, Mason, Presley, Leightyn Luella, Lyndi, Blake, Marilyn and Judd; sister, Vivian Thompson; sisters-in-law, Denise Capito, Edna Peterson, and Betty Mattern; brother-in-law, Laverne Larson; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband Marvin, Marilyn was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Ashley Blada; siblings, Reuben Mattern, Evelyn Christensen, Alma Peterson, Harold Mattern, Mabel Steen, and Eldon Mattern; mother- and father-in-law, Marvin and Elva Wolfe; and brother-in-law, Kenny Wolfe.
Red ID: FND_I_78667 Image ID: 557607 Image Notes: FND001 271180

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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