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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271405
Title: Jerome Osterhout
Date: 4/21/1938-10/6/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 4/21/1938
Summary: Jerome “Jerry” Osterhout, 86, of Culbertson, MT, passed away on October 6, 2024, at the Roosevelt Medical Center in Culbertson, MT. Graveside services were held October 14, 2024, at the Sentinel Butte Cemetery, east of Sentinel Butte, ND. Jerome was born April 21, 1938, to Ernest and Violet (Waldahl) Osterhout in Beach, ND. Jerry and his sister, Joan were raised by his aunt and uncle, Bill and Muriel Waldahl, in Sentinel Butte. He graduated from Sentinel Butte High School with the Class of 1956. Jerry’s passion for the rodeo began early in his life by riding cows and he would start competing in amateur rodeos in 1954. Jerry qualified for the 1956 National High School Rodeo in Reno, NV, competing in bareback riding and bull riding. Jerry won the second go-round in the bareback riding event. One of Jerry’s proudest moments was winning the state high school bull riding championship on a spinning bull. Today, his grandson wears that buckle. He also competed in bareback riding at Harrison, NE. Jerry would say his bull ride at Harrison, was “just short.” Amid Jerry’s rodeo memorabilia is a $6.34 check dated July 25, 1955, from the Sioux National Bank in Harrison. At that time, one-fourth of the gross gate receipts were set aside and paid to contestants as mileage for travel expenses. While continuing to compete in amateur rodeos, Jerry would take over his father’s ranch. He rode Jim Barnhart’s Whiz Bang in Medora and recalled it was pretty tough, but nonetheless, Jerry won first place in 1959. Along with a high school buckle from the state rodeo, Jerry won bull riding buckles at Killdeer’s RA rodeo and at an amateur rodeo in Richey, MT. In 1961 he won bull ridings at New Salem, ND, Sidney and Helena, MT. He then decided to retire from rodeo competition that year. Jerry married Judy Myers and had four children, Jesse, Jack, Jerald and Jodi. He went on to work at various ranches in western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Jerry’s love for horses and Hereford cattle would forever be his calling. Since retirement, he lived on his ranch west of Medora, ND. Jerry later moved to Culbertson, MT, to be closer to his family and form strong bonds with his grandchildren. Jerry lived a full and adventurous life, but his family and friends will also remember him for how gentle and kind he was. Jerry is survived by his son, Jack Osterhout; daughter, Jodi (Dale) Nelson; grandchildren, Paydon, Cordel, Nolan Nelson; great-grandchildren, Miles and Briggs; and nephews and nieces. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Violet Osterhout; aunt and uncle, Bill and Muriel Waldahl; sons, Jesse and Jerald Osterhout; sister, Joan Barkland; and nieces, Sandra and Linda Barkland.
Red ID: FND_I_78895 Image ID: 518881 Image Notes: FND001 271405

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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