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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271222
Title: Michael McCormack
Date: 2/9/1942-8/28/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/9/1942
Summary: John Michael “Mike” McCormack, 82, Bismarck, ND, died on August 28, 2024. After a private family service, a public celebration of his life in education and his deep capacity for loving and entertaining people was held September 4, 2024, at the Elks Club Lodge, Bismarck. Born in Saint Louis County, MN, on February 9, 1942, Mike was raised a proud son of North Dakota. He earned his first degree at what would become Bismarck State College. Later, he attained a bachelor’s and a master’s at the University of North Dakota. Mike went on to teach history for over 50 years at Bismarck State College. He contributed regularly to both campus life and the goings-on of Bismarck in general (don’t miss his fantastic interviews for the podcast History Hotdish). It’s impossible to sum up the impact of a human being as curious and animated as Mike. He proved that a life of the mind was one of endless possibilities. So marked was Mike’s influence as an educator, almost every place he traveled a former student would approach him to share how he’d pointed the way toward a rewarding life and career. He set the same example for his children and their close friends. His other great passions were serving as a Rotarian, singing in the Bismarck Elks Club Men's Chorus, and photography. For decades, Mike shot school plays, concerts, powwows, sporting events, weddings, and his beloved home state’s sweeping vistas. In frame after frame of his work, you can see his abiding love for trading in goodwill and humane ideas. Mike is survived by his younger sister, Patricia “Patty” Lavery (husband Tom); and his children who are so proud of his legacy, Shannon McCormack (husband James Ferguson), Heather McCormack, Ryan McCormack, Erin McCormack, and Kelly McCormack.
Red ID: FND_I_78714 Image ID: 511631 Image Notes: FND001 271222

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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