Details

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271366
Title: Mary A. Oyloe
Date: 2/10/1940-8/19/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/10/1940
Summary: Mary Alice (Pearson) Oyloe passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her family on August 19, 2024, what would have been her and her late husband, Eugene’s wedding anniversary. Her funeral service was held September 20, 2024, at the Light of Christ Lutheran Church in Williston, ND, with Pastor Kevin Beard officiating. Burial was at the Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Mary Alice was born on February 10, 1940, at home on the farm to Robert Theodore and Ellen (Sebens) Pearson in Sargent County, North Dakota. She grew up in Rutland, ND, alongside her older brother, Roy. Mary Alice graduated from North Dakota State School of Science-Wahpeton with a business degree, then worked in Fargo at NDSU. She met Gene while visiting friends in Billings, MT, and they were married there on August 19, 1960. She worked at Mountain Bell as a switchboard operator while Gene was attending college, and three children soon followed. Over the years she was involved in many cottage industries and volunteer projects as family and work brought new opportunities in Williston, Thermopolis, WY, back at the farm near Rutland, and Phoenix, AZ, before settling down in Williston, ND. She had a wonderful voice and was involved in music and drama all her life. Many years with Entertainment Inc included a trip to England to perform. She really knew how to live it up getting her thrills riding motorcycle, fishing, camping, and beating everyone in whist, rummy, and Ms. Pac-man. She even took swimming lessons as an adult so she wouldn’t freak out on the boat when Gene took it out to the middle of the lake. Mary Alice and Gene owned and operated D & D Mobile Home Sales for many years in Williston, and “retired” as the Kirby (vacuum) Lady. Her greatest joys involved anything with family and her life is a testament to her heart and the things she enjoyed most. Summer nights were spent in the garden behind her house – each new generation coming in and making the same memories as the ones before. She made the trip to Rutland annually to see old friends and attend the famous Uff-Da Day. She was always ready to party – continuously planning, prepping, and cooking for the next family birthday, anniversary, or monthly get-together. Mary Alice was the glue that kept the family together when life got busy, the gentle reminder of how important it is to make time for one another. She is survived by her children, Denise (Bob) Horab and David (Kim) Oyloe, of Williston; five grandchildren, Micki (Caleb), Ashley, Cody, Garrett, and Alyssa (Mac); four great-grandchildren, Lacy, Easton, Rowdy, and Louella. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Eugene Oyloe; parents, Ellen (Sebens) and Robert Theodore Pearson; brother, Roy Arthur Pearson; and son, Robert Vernon Oyloe.
Red ID: FND_I_78857 Image ID: 517541 Image Notes: FND001 271366

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.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.