Details

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271295
Title: Frances G. Adams
Date: 12/21/1932-10/1/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 12/21/1932
Summary: Frances Adams, 91, of Belfield, ND, passed away peacefully October 1, 2024, surrounded by her family at St. Luke’s Home in Dickinson. ND. A funeral Mass was held October 8, 2024, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Belfield with Father Shane Campbell celebrating. Burial was in St. Bernard’s Cemetery. Frances Gertrude Derylo was born December 21, 1932, in Fryburg, ND, the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Safratowich) Derylo. As a young girl, she attended Fryburg School through the 4th grade. Her family then moved to a farm they purchased south of Belfield, where she then attended Rocky Hill School, a country school near their new home, through the eighth grade. Frances attended Belfield High School her freshman and sophomore years. She then attended school in Dickinson her junior and senior years where she graduated from Dickinson High School. Following high school, Frances worked for Northwestern Bell as an operator until her marriage. On April 2, 1951, she married Dorman Fugere at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church north of Belfield. They were blessed with seven daughters and two sons. Frances worked hard on the farm milking cows, raising an annual garden, sewing clothes for the children, and baking and cooking for her family. The hard work that consumed much of her time did not deter her from teaching her children to pray and practice their Catholic faith by praying the rosary daily and attending church regularly. Frances was an accomplished musician, which she lovingly and patiently shared with her family. Her children loved to gather around the piano and sing as she played, while Dorman would sit in his chair enjoying his family’s entertainment. Because of her deep faith and dedication to the Catholic Church, Frances also shared her gift of music as the church organist at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church in Belfield for 50 years. She not only accompanied and directed adult choirs, but also played for elementary children where they attended the Catholic School, and played for the public school students during release time. In addition to her musical contributions, Frances also worked as the church secretary for 29 years, retiring in 2010. Her husband, Dorman, passed away in June of 1985. Frances moved to Belfield, turning the family farm over to her son, Kevin. On November 27, 1987, Frances married Kenneth Adams at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church. During their 37 years of marriage, Frances and Ken remained living in Belfield and enjoyed traveling to many different places throughout the years. When Frances’s health became delicate, Ken provided her the daily care required and continued to get her out with friends and family. Frances was an active member of the Busy Bee Homemakers Club for many years, a member of the Senior Citizens, American Legion Auxiliary, St. Bernard’s Liturgy Committee, and St. Bernard’s Music Committee. As a pillar of love, understanding and faith for all her family, she will be forever loved and missed by those surviving her. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Adams, of Belfield; children, Arlinda (Dennis) O’Brien, of Bismarck, Michele (Kris Hanson) Burian, Bismarck, Roxanne (Tom) Inman, Fairfield, Kevin (Laura Godowski) Fugere, Belfield, Tammy (Les) Simnioniw, Belfield, Amy Jo (David) Burland, Arlee, MT, Blane (Linda) Fugere, Dickinson, Tracy (Aaron) Kessel, Sidney, MT, Lori (Roger Rossow) Shypkoski, Medora, ND; 26 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren; sister, Judy (Jim) Ramsey, Las Cruces, NM; and numerous nephews and nieces. Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Mary Derylo; her first husband, Dorman Fugere; brother, Fabian Derylo; three grandsons, Dwight Anderson, Seth O’Brien, and Jared Burian; half brother, Stanley Derylo; half sister, Helen DeVito; daughter-in-law, Cindie Fugere; and sons-in-law, Cliff Anderson and Maynard Burian.
Red ID: FND_I_78785 Image ID: 514548 Image Notes: FND001 271295

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.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.