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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271348
Title: Dean A. Aasand
Date: 2/14/1964-11/2/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/14/1964
Summary: Dean Allan Aasand, 60, of Carrington, ND, passed away November 2, 2024. He was surrounded by family in prayer at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND. His funeral service was held November 9, 2024, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, McHenry, ND. Burial was at the Bethlehem Cemetery, McHenry, ND. Dean was born February 14, 1964, in Jamestown, ND, the second son and child to Richard and Yvonne Aasand. Dean grew up in McHenry and spent his childhood there attending the McHenry Public School. When the McHenry Public School closed, he attended the GSM School in Glenfield, where he graduated in 1983. During his last year of high school, Dean met the love of his life, Deedra, at a Kensal dance. A couple of years later, Dean attended college at Moorhead Tech, receiving an associate degree in architectural electrical drafting in 1987. After college, he started working for HTI in Fargo and later Denver, CO. He then started an asbestos abatement company in Denver where he worked until 1990. From there, Dean and Deedra moved to Warroad, MN, where he worked in the engineering department at Marvin Windows until 1997. During that time, he became interested in raising emus. After leaving Warroad, Dean and Deedra moved to Carrington and started an at-home business with the emus, selling emu oil products. This at-home business allowed him to do what he considered to be his best job: a stay-at-home Dad. He continued to grow his business and created Vitality, Inc. which he ran until he retired in 2019. During the years raising Kyle and Brittney, Dean loved having all kinds of birds on the farm, including his emus, ostriches, rheas, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guineas, and pheasants. Dean loved to fish and hunt. He taught everyone in his family to shoot bow, and they enjoyed bow hunting in the fall together. Many hours were spent practicing bow in the yard shooting at Bob the deer practice target. Practice arrows could be found many times in the yard while mowing, much to Dean’s chagrin. Dean and his family took a weeklong vacation every summer while the kids were growing up. He loved traveling and exploring new places with his family. He had a love of camping from being in the mountains of Colorado and the forest in Minnesota, but camping didn’t always work out the way he wanted it to. However, it sure made for some fun times and good memories for all. There was only one criterion for the location of the family vacation, and that was it had to be close enough to drive to. Many states and national parks were explored during those trips, including Medora, the Black Hills, Devils Tower, Yellowstone, Denver, Winnipeg, and Wisconsin Dells. Dean retired in 2019 and spent his retirement doing many things he loved, such as fishing and golfing and being a Grandpa. In 2023, Dean and Deedra bought a lake house on Devils Lake. From that time on, Dean spent his time renovating and enjoying his time at the lake house. Dean Aasand is survived by his wife, Deedra Aasand, of Carrington, ND; his son, Kyle (Regan) Aasand, of Halstad, MN; his daughter, Brittney (Ceph) Dockter, of Streeter, ND; and his grandchildren, Tilman, Ruth, and Montelius “Monte” Dockter, and soon-to-be Baby Aasand. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Aasand; mother, Yvonne (Kofoid) Aasand; and brother, Steven Aasand.
Red ID: FND_I_78839 Image ID: 517212 Image Notes: FND001 271348

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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