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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271182
Title: Chester "Chet" E. Wolla
Date: 4/20/1941-7/13/2023
Inscription/Marks: 4/20/1941
Summary: Chester E. “Chet” Wolla, 82, Tioga, ND, passed away July 13, 2023, at the Tioga Medical Center in Tioga. His funeral service was held July 18, 2023, at the Zion Free Lutheran Church in Tioga. Burial was in the United Cemetery at Tioga. Chester Ellwood Wolla was born April 20, 1941, to Christ and Josie (Neset) Wolla in Tioga. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended Wolla Country School through the 8th grade. Chet married Darlene Janette Anderson on April 20, 1959, in Fargo, ND. They became parents to three boys: Randy, Ricky, and Christopher. Chet’s work career was primarily centered around the oilfield. He spent over 25 years with Bethlehem Steel (Supply Division) and another 13 years with Harbison Fischer. Over the course of his oilfield career he was recognized with various awards; he was named Supply Division Salesman of the Year while with Bethlehem, and he received recognition on multiple occasions from Harbison Fischer for maintaining an extensive shop inventory with zero defects throughout his 13 years with them. Chet also had a lifelong love for farming. He assisted his brother, Jim, for many years on the family farm, and then after his retirement from the oilfield, he also helped his grandsons, Ryan and Jason, on their farms. Chet is survived by his sons, Randy (Kristin) and their children, daughter Emily (Jimmy) Le and their children Johnathan and Eleanor, daughter Katherine, and son Andrew (Alicia) and their daughter Amelia; Ricky and his children, son Jason and his children Odin, Lily, and Liam, son Joshua (Tifany) and their son Carter, son Ryan (Brittany) and their children Allie, Angus, and Alayna; daughter Alayna and her children Presley and Lennon, daughter Alexys (Jordan) Sifuentes and their children Sawyer and Remi; and Christopher (Jodie) and their children Caden, Carson, and Kiley; and his sister, Ione (Erling) Leholm; numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. Through some unique family relationships, he was also grandpa to Makenzie Hagen, who held a special place in his heart. He was very proud to be known as “Papa (Grandpa) Chet” to many other children in his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Darlene; parents, Christ and Josie; brothers, Sonny, James, and Arthur; sister, Edna Tweden; an infant sister; and his stepfather, Alfred Knutson.
Red ID: FND_I_78669 Image ID: 557609 Image Notes: FND001 271182

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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