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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271378
Title: Francis J. Gawryluk
Date: 10/8/1933-12/31/2024
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 10/8/1933
Summary: Frances Gawryluk, 91, of Dickinson, ND, formerly of Belfield, ND, passed away December 31, 2024, at St. Benedict’s Health Center in Dickinson. Parastas was held January 11, 2025, at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Belfield with Father Stepan Ivanchyk celebrating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Frances Josephine Gawryluk was born on October 8, 1933, in Belfield to Frank and Amelia (Paluck) Makowski. She was raised with her siblings, Victoria, Leonard, and Dorothy. She began school in Fryburg, later attending in Belfield. She worked at Pete’s Café for many years, where people enjoyed the donuts she prepared each day. She was then employed at Trapper’s Kettle, until she moved to Dickinson. Frances married John Gawryluk on May 27, 1952, at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Church in Belfield. They lived together in Belfield, later moving to Dickinson. The two were inseparable and did almost everything together. Frances was a faithful partner and was devastated when John passed away on October 7, 2009. Frances became a resident at St. Benedict’s Health Center in November of 2019, where she stayed until her passing. Frances loved music, especially Daniel O’Donnell. She also enjoyed watching TV, specifically comedies and westerns. Faith was very important to Frances, and she was a member of St. John the Baptist for many years. She would also go to the cemetery every Memorial Day to put out flowers and pray for the people buried there. Frances is survived by her sister, Dorothy Heiser, of Bozeman, MT; brother, Leonard Makowski, of Belfield; aunt, Betty Kropilnicki; and numerous nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, John; parents, Frank and Amelia Makowski; and sister, Victoria Dutchuk.
Red ID: FND_I_78869 Image ID: 518520 Image Notes: FND001 271378

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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