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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271285
Title: Wencel "Jim" Splichal
Date: 3/10/1930-9/19/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/10/1930
Summary: Wencel "Jim" Splichal, 94, of Dickinson, ND, passed away September 19, 2024, at his home with family by his side holding his hand. Funeral Mass was held September 28, 2024, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Father Dvorak celebrating. Entombment was at the Dickinson Mausoleum. Wencel was born March 10, 1930, on the farm in Versippi, ND, the son of Anton and Emelie (Kostelecky) Splichal. Jim was united in marriage to Mary Ann Kostelecky on September 24, 1951, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church of New Hradec. To this union, Nancy, Randy, Richard, Pamela and Jayme were born. Jim and Mary farmed for a few years in Stark County (Versippi) and Jim worked for 10 years at Husky Briquetting Plant in Dickinson before he went to work as a shop foreman for Diamond Equipment in Williston. They moved back to Dickinson and opened Dakota Rubber Stamp, eventually selling the business and retiring. Jim was a member of St. Anthony’s Club, Knights of Columbus, and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church where he served as an usher. To know him was to love him. Even if you were a complete stranger, you fell in love with this charismatic man. He lived life to the fullest. He loved his wife and family fiercely, playing his polka music cassettes and CD’s (loudly. everywhere), his birds and dogs over the years, playing dice and cards and pool and darts, kohlrabi and a good beer, coloring, woodworking, volunteering at church functions and with Amen Food Pantry and Meals on Wheels, playing his piano, dancing, going for walks, and being ornery and wonderful. He always had to know what you were doing and why you were doing it “that way.” He spent the last 7 years traveling from kid to kid, spending as much treasured time with everyone as he could. He will be so deeply missed, but we were all so lucky to have him as long as we did. He passed knowing his kids all came to spend time and his grandkids and great-grandkids FaceTimed and text him one final time. Jim is survived by his daughters, Nancy (Anton) Dukart, of Dickinson, and Pamela (Michael) Olson, of Fargo, ND; his sons, Randy (Theresa), Splichal, of Larimore, ND, Richard (Sheri) Splichal, of Spokane, WA, and Jayme (Lonnie) Splichal, of Nine Mile Falls, WA; 12 grandchildren, Kyle (Jennifer) Dukart, Sarah “Seri” Dukart, Jessica (Jesse) Gravdahl, Eric Adams, James (Sher) Olson, Matthew (Rohini) Olson, Gabe (Amanda) Olson, Marisa (Nate) Hasenoehrl, Connor (Taylor) Splichal, Savanah, Colby and Jacob Splichal; 14 great-grandchildren, Alexander, Henry, Julianna, Oliver, Theodore, Jack, Cate, Claire, Charlie, Hank, Lola, Hattie, Ishaan, and Finnick; one sister, Agnes Wandler of New England, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents, Anton and Emilie Splichal; brothers and spouses, Joe (Christine), Tony (Mary), Vincent (Dorothy), George (Catherine) and Steve (Edith); sisters and spouses, Mary (Robert) Wolberg; Emma (Dick) Sadowsky, of Dickinson, Dorothy (Robert) Ficek, of Dickinson, and Lillian (Vern) Dobitz, of Billings, MT; and brother-in-law, Joe Wandler.
Red ID: FND_I_78775 Image ID: 514537 Image Notes: FND001 271285

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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