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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271228
Title: Sarah E. Swendsen
Date: 11/26/1925-7/27/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 11/26/1925
Summary: Sarah Ellen Swendsen, 98, went to heaven on July 27, 2024, after residing at Baptist Health. Her burial was held August 5, 2024, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Sarah, also known as Ellen, was born on November 26, 1925, in McClusky, ND, to Thomas Henry and Bertha (Abel) Turnbull. Ellen grew up in McClusky and attended McClusky High School where she graduated in 1943. On September 11, 1943, Ellen married Harry Swendsen. They were married for 68 years before Harry passed away. She and Harry had no children. Ellen worked as a bookkeeper for MDU in Hettinger, ND, for 40 years. After retirement, she and Harry moved to Portugal for one year where they traveled through Europe extensively. She is survived by one brother, Cuthbert, of South Dakota; and numerous nieces and nephews scattered all over the United States. Ellen was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; her parents; sister, Donna; and two brothers, Milton and Thomas.
Red ID: FND_I_78719 Image ID: 511654 Image Notes: FND001 271228

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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