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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271281
Title: Linda A. Sailer
Date: 4/3/1948-7/31/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 4/3/1948
Summary: Linda Sailer, 76, of Dickinson, ND, passed away July 31, 2024, at CHI St. Alexius Hospital in Dickinson. A Liturgy of the Word was held August 8, 2024, at Stevenson Funeral Home with Deacon Ron Keller officiating. Burial was at St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Linda Ann Kuntz was born in Elgin, ND, on April 3, 1948, to Thomas and Christine Kuntz. She grew up in a stone house on the family farm in Grant County along with her four siblings. Linda would say she’s a prairie person who enjoyed picking wildflowers for her mom. Neighbors were like family. She helped her dad by driving the Ford tractor to collect hay. She never forgot the resiliency it took to survive on the prairie. Her early school years were at a true country school in a single classroom. She began her journey to Hebron High School on a big yellow bus. She helped launch the yearbook and was named homecoming queen her senior year. Linda graduated from Hebron High School in 1966. She planned to be a teacher and attended NDSU where she majored in physical education. Duane and Linda attended high school together but bonded over studying and ping pong in college. She married Duane Sailer on December 27, 1969, and they moved to Dickinson to be closer to their parents. She accepted a job at The Dickinson Press and settled into life in Dickinson. They become parents to Mark in 1971 and Carrie nine years later. Those were good years highlighted by baseball, camping trips, visiting the farm, and playing endless games with family. She served as the Lifestyle Editor for The Dickinson Press covering the community’s stories with passion for over 50 years. Linda always had a camera around her neck just in case she might stumble upon a story that needed to be told. Linda was a fierce competitor who enjoyed playing softball with her coworkers and challenging her family to games. After every holiday meal, she gathered her siblings, nieces, and nephews around the table to play games and share stories. Throughout her life she loved gardening, a skill she acquired from her mother. She believed nothing tasted better than a meal grown and harvested from her own garden. Linda’s grandchildren brought her immense joy. She was the first to get on the floor to race cars, play school, read books, or color. She took her grandchildren to the park and the ocean to play in the sand. She treasured watching Alexander play baseball and Cassandra dance at recitals. More recently, she and Julian built elaborate block structures, created theatre productions, and enjoyed dance parties. Linda will be remembered for her competitive spirit, inquisitive nature, and infectious laugh. Linda is survived by her husband, Duane; children, Mark (Melissa) Sailer, of Foothill Ranch, CA, and Carrie Sailer (Daniel Toms), of Portland, OR; siblings, David Kuntz, Joan Curl, and Tom Kuntz; sister-in-law, Rosemarie Kuntz; several beloved nieces and nephews; and three grandchildren, Alexander Sailer, Cassandra Sailer, and Julian Toms. She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas, mother, Christine, and brother, Robert.
Red ID: FND_I_78771 Image ID: 514516 Image Notes: FND001 271281

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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