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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271361
Title: Sylvia Vinger
Date: 5/6/1937-8/10/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 5/6/1937
Summary: Sylvia Vinger peacefully passed away surrounded by her loving family in Minot, ND, on August 10, 2024. Funeral services were held August 16, 2024, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church of Williston, ND, with Pastor Steve Anderson presiding. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Syliva Leverenz was born May 6, 1937, to Harry and Berit Skogen Leverenz in Williston. Sylvia married the love of her life, Clifford Vinger, on June 19, 1953, in Sidney, MT. Together they raised four children while living on their farm where they raised cattle, wheat and grain. Sylvia had a true love for her family, always putting them first and lovingly held the title of being a “Farmer’s Wife.” After Clifford’s passing in September of 2001, she moved to Williston, where she worked for Service Drug and assisted at the Sitting Bull Auction. She was a member of Epping Lutheran Church where she was once active in the church choir and Sunday School, serving as a superintendent. Sylvia also had a love for playing bingo and was an avid pinochle player, playing right up until the very day she became ill. Syliva will greatly be missed by her children: Claudia Kummer and her children: Angie (Robert), Duane (Britney) and Joe (Katie); Peggy Hartsoch and husband Greg and their children: Rick (Jamie), Travis (Beckie), Ryan (Kelli) and Daniel; Clyde Vinger and wife Judy and their children: Cami Morgan-Hawkins (Carl), Cristi Wente, Cari (Benji), CJ (Katie), Cory (Cassidy); Mike and wife Polly and their children: Chelsey (Jaime) and Kris (Sommer); 47 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She has been reunited in Heaven with her one and only true love, Clifford; her parents; special mother-in-law, Olive Vinger; brother, Harley Leverenz; sons-in-law, Pete Kummer and Don Barman; and numerous other relatives.
Red ID: FND_I_78852 Image ID: 517225 Image Notes: FND001 271361

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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