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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271351
Title: David J. Short
Date: 12/9/1933-11/27/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 12/9/1933
Summary: David Short, 90, of McHenry, ND, died November 27, 2024, at his residence under the care of CHI Hospice. His funeral service was held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, McHenry. Burial was at the Bethlehem Cemetery, McHenry. David Jennings Short was born on December 9, 1933, to Rutherford and Deana (Vining) Short in Juanita, ND. He attended and graduated from Juanita High School and decided to dedicate his life to the family farm, where he was able to live and care for it for ninety years. Dave was a good man of deep faith and a farmer/rancher all his life. He was a good steward of the land with respect and kindness to people and animals. He took wonderful, loving care of his parents in their “golden years” and even had a special room built onto the farmhouse just for his Mother to enjoy. For a few of his younger years as a beginning farmer, he worked as a seasonal crop surveyor and drove a school bus for Juanita School. In those years, a school bus was your own personal vehicle and there were three bus routes. Dave’s father, brother Terry, and Dave each had one route and would each transport from four to six students daily. Dave was a quiet man with a very unique sense of humor; sometimes only just a look, but you certainly knew if you were the recipient. He enjoyed cattle ranching, visiting with friends and neighbors, poker, pinochle, and whist, zipping around the farm on his four-wheeler, his many trips to Montana, his special dog “Cuddles,” and feeding several stray cats daily. Dave is survived by his sisters, Maxine Olson, Moorhead, MN, Linda Somerville, Minnewaukan, ND, Judy (Glenn) Cudworth, New Rockford, ND, and Ruth Zidon, Fargo, ND; and many nieces, nephews, and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Kendall Short;, sister, Roberta Williams;, brothers, Terence Short, Douglas (R.D.) Short, Brian Short, infant brother, Melvin Short, Jack Short, and Tim Short.
Red ID: FND_I_78842 Image ID: 517215 Image Notes: FND001 271351

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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