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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271346
Title: Lawrence "Larry" Arendt
Date: 5/21/1949-11/5/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 5/21/1949
Summary: Lawrence Frank "Larry" Arendt, 75, of New Rockford, ND, passed away peacefully in his home in the early morning hours of November 5, 2024, after a yearlong battle with cancer. A funeral service was held November 9, 2024, at St. John’s Catholic Church, New Rockford. Burial was at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery, Bremen, ND. Larry was born in New Rockford on May 21, 1949, to Francis and Adeline (Dusek) Arendt. He grew up on the family farm near Bremen and attended elementary school in Bremen and grades 7-12 at St. James Academy in New Rockford. Athletics and his classmates in the class of 1967 were so very important to him. He attended NDSU where he met his love, Nancy Nord. They were married on January 30, 1971. They both graduated in May of 1971 and moved back to Bremen to begin their farming career. There they raised four kids, lots of crops and cattle. He retired from farming in 1996 and worked road construction, ran forklift at Dakota Growers pasta plant, and hauled concrete until he retired in 2015. Larry was an active member of both St. Joseph’s and St. John’s Catholic churches and the Knights of Columbus. He served on the Bremen Elevator Board, the St. James School Board, the Bremen Township Board, and was an Eagles member. Larry was an avid hunter and fisherman and passed on his love for the outdoors to many of his family. Larry’s love of sports continued his whole life. As an adult he played softball, legion and amateur baseball and refereed both boys and girls high school basketball. It brought him so much joy to watch his kids and grandkids play the sports they loved. Golf was a passion of his and he spent countless hours improving his game and enjoying time with his friends on the course. Larry and Nancy won many local golf tournaments together. Larry’s faith in the Lord and positive, hardworking, generous attitude toward life were evident and an example to all through his life and cancer journey. He showed us how thankful he was for his life, his blessings, and his family. He was so proud of his kids, grandkids and great-grandkids; they meant everything to him. Larry is survived by his wife, Nancy; his sister, Sr. Andrea Arendt; son, Chad (Wendy) Arendt and their kids, Shelby and her kids, Liam, Brayden and Aryanna and Carter (girlfriend, Amy); daughter, Lisa (Eric) Longnecker and their kids, Riley (fiancée, Camee), Tucker and Cassie; daughter, Jodi (Ryan) Schmuhl and their kids, Jessica (Chris), Kyra and Isabel; daughter, Tiffany Sten (Mark Tuenge) and her kids, Dagan, Kadrien (Parker) and their daughter, Raylee and Mataya (boyfriend, Ben). Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Francis and Adeline Arendt; his in-laws, Oscar and Dorothy Nord; his sister, Jean Dyrness and his brother-in-law, Gary Nord.
Red ID: FND_I_78837 Image ID: 517210 Image Notes: FND001 271346

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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