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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271195
Title: Shirley M. Zacher
Date: 12/11/1937-5/12/2021
Inscription/Marks: 12/11/1937
Summary: Shirley M. Zacher, 83, Bismarck, ND, was called home to our Lord May 12, 2021, at Edgewood Vista, Mandan, ND. A memorial service was held May 20, 2021, at First Baptist Church, Bismarck, with Rev. Preston VanLoon officiating. Cremation has taken place. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Shirley Marie Thompson was born December 11, 1937, in Brinsmade, ND, to Sanford and Mabel (Ness) Thompson. She attended school in Brinsmade, graduated from Leeds High School in 1956, and later obtained an associate degree from Bismarck Junior College. She worked for many years at the JC Penney district office in Bismarck. She also worked for Liechty Mobile Homes and Burleigh County Human Service Center. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, Bismarck, Minnewaukan Homemakers Club, American Legion Auxiliary, and the ND Army National Guard 957th Engineer Company Family Support Group. Shirley was a highly organized person who spent countless hours going through pictures, newspaper clippings and all sorts of papers that she had collected over the years. She enjoyed hosting dinners and always looked forward to coffee and cookies with her dear friends. Shirley was an immensely proud mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Shirley is survived by her daughters, Kathy (Steve) Finneman, Missoula, MT, Robin (Ron) Munsch, Riverdale, ND, Deb (Craig) Smith, Mandan, and Laurie Zacher, Bismarck; grandchildren, Sara (Court) Wallace, Ben (Jaime) Haagenson, Leah (Adam) Heil, Tara Helm and Erika Helm; great-grandchildren, Taylor and Abby Wallace, Izabella, Ethan and Maddie Haagenson, Nate and Max Heil, Kane Whitworth, Kamrin and Kiptyn Wangler, Kailey and Braden Tschaekofske, and Liam and Ezra Guthmiller; and cousin, Garry Thompson, whom she fondly referred to as her double cousin brother. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Red ID: FND_I_78682 Image ID: 557622 Image Notes: FND001 271195

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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