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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271409
Title: Jon M. Wolla
Date: 9/5/1964-10/19/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 9/5/1964
Summary: Jon Wolla, 60, of Tioga, ND, passed away October 19, 2024, at CHI St. Alexius in Bismarck, ND. Funeral services were held October 25, 2024, at Zion Lutheran Church in Tioga. Jon Mark Wolla was born to James and Karol Jean Wolla on September 5, 1964. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Tioga. Jon attended Tioga High School and graduated in 1982. This is where he met the love of his life, Sheila. After high school, he attended and finished college in Glendive, MT, for auto mechanics/welding. Jon and Sheila were united in marriage on May 30, 1987, at First Lutheran Church. They were high school sweethearts; Jon was very proud of that. They were married for 37 amazing years. In the fall of 1987, they moved to East Grand Forks, MN, where they met some of their lifelong friends. In 1991, they had their first child, Kalab, and in 1993, they welcomed their daughter, Kendra. In 1997 they moved back to Tioga to be closer to family. Family was something that was always very important to Jon. Jon worked at Sheldon Welding for 27 years. Through those many years of employment, he met so many people and made many lifelong friends. Jon was always a hard-working and loving person, a true genuine kind soul. His sense of humor and his poetic jokes are something he will be remembered for. Jon was happiest when he was with his family. His six grandchildren were the light of his life. He enjoyed visiting his son and their family in North Carolina. When he couldn’t make it down south, he and Kalab enjoyed a game of dice via facetime. He was very proud of both of his kids. Jon was looking forward to planting, cultivating and singing to Gabe and Kendra’s trees at their new home. Jon enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, playing dice, lots of time in his tractor, being behind a grill, and traveling with his beautiful wife. He was an avid motorcyclist and was very proud of his latest Harley Davidson trike. He and Sheila had many fun trips. One of his most memorable trips with Sheila was when she surprised him and they rode to Sturgis on his trike. Throughout his life, Jon had always struggled with health issues. These last few months were the hardest for him. His loving wife and family were always by his side. Jon always received so much support and everyone who was lucky enough to meet him would say he was the nicest man you ever met. Jon is survived by his wife, Sheila; son, Kalab (Josie) Wolla; daughter, Kendra (Gabe) Karg; grandchildren, Ryder, Lawler, Lucy, Cooper, Charlie and Miller; mother, Karol Jean Wolla; siblings, Jay (Susan) Wolla, Kristi (Duane) Knudson, and Kathi (David) Meland; father and mother-in-law, Carl and Gisela Wold; aunt, Ione Leholm; and numerous nieces and nephews, great-nieces, and nephew and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, James Wolla; grandparents, Emil and Myrtle Moratzka, and Christ (Josie) Wolla; aunt and uncle, Chet and Darlene Wolla; brother-in-law, Sheldon Wold; and cousin, Christopher Wolla.
Red ID: FND_I_78899 Image ID: 518885 Image Notes: FND001 271409

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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