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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271321
Title: Pearl Eldridge
Date: 7/4/1940-9/15/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 7/4/1940
Summary: Pearl Eldridge, 84, of New Rockford, ND, died September 15, 2024, at her home. A funeral service was held September 19, 2024, at First Lutheran Church, New Rockford. Burial was at the Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford, ND. Pearl was born July 4, 1940, at Kulm, ND, to John and Magdalina Ruff. She grew up and attended school in Kulm. She later moved to Ellendale where she worked at the hospital. On July 1, 1967, Pearl was married to Glenn Eldridge. They made their home in New Rockford where they raised their three children. She worked several jobs, from painting and cleaning houses, to working in the kitchen at the school. The job she had the most passion for was her CNA work at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Pearl retired in 2019. Her favorite pastimes were her dish towels and baking. If you stopped by her house, you could usually find her embroidering dish towels. She was also a master at making kuchen, and usually around December she would make her famous fruit cake. Pearl is survived by her son, Randy, of New Rockford; her daughter, Lisa (Anthony), of Mercer, ND; two grandsons, Hayden (Krista), of Fargo, ND and Cory, of New Rockford; two granddaughters, Jayden, of Ada, MN, and Brooklyn, of Mercer, ND; two great-grandchildren, Karsyn and Thielen; one sister, Mabel, of Aberdeen, SD; and many nieces and nephews. Pearl was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn; one son, Wayne; her parents; three brothers, Clarence, LeRoy, and Laverne; and two sisters, Viola and Delores.
Red ID: FND_I_78811 Image ID: 515227 Image Notes: FND001 271321

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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