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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271236
Title: Bernie Zimmer
Date: 1/27/1947-7/14/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 1/27/1947
Summary: Bernie Zimmer, 77, Mesa, AZ, passed away peacefully July 14, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer. It is comforting to think that she is once again dancing in heaven with her beloved husband, Mel. A memorial service was held September 27, 2024, at Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck, ND. Burial was at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND. Bernie was born to John Paul and Caroline (Horner) Paul on January 27, 1947, in Linton, ND. Shortly after high school graduation in 1965, Bernie and Mel were married before Mel headed off to Vietnam. Bernie was proudly a homemaker, mother of three, mother-in-law to two, grandmother to four, and great-grandmother to one. Later in life, she went back to school and earned her LPN certification. Outside the home, Bernie worked as a nurse in South Dakota and as a teacher for the Head Start program on the Oregon coast. She loved reading, laughing, Dungeness crab, and playing games, especially with her grandkids. She was also known for her specialty banana bread and heavenly rolls and buns. Bernie and Mel retired to Mesa, AZ, in 2012, where they began their new adventures traveling across the country in their motorhome. Bernie is survived by her loving children, Mel Jr. (Jodi), Tim (Joann) and Julie; grandsons, Ryan (Danielle) and Alex; granddaughters, Alesha and Sidney; great-grandson, Lucas; and her older brother, Ed. Additionally, Bernie leaves behind countless extended family and friends from all over the country. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mel; her parents, John and Caroline; three brothers, Leo, Willie and Eugene; and five sisters, Rose Fischer, Alvina Paul, Isabella Ternes, Luella Reed, and Lillian Sullivan.
Red ID: FND_I_78727 Image ID: 511666 Image Notes: FND001 271236

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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