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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271414
Title: Gladys E. Hoyt
Date: 7/18/1932-1/7/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 7/18/1932
Summary: Gladys Hoyt, 92, of McHenry, ND, passed away peacefully January 7, 2025, at The Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, ND. A funeral service was held January 11, 2025, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, McHenry, ND. Burial wasat the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, McHenry. Gladys Elaine Grafsgaard was born to Henry and Bertha (Odland) Grafsgaard on July 18, 1932, in the McHenry area. She attended grades 1-8 at the Paradise #4 country school. She completed her high school education at McHenry High School, graduating in 1949. After high school, Gladys attended Valley City State College where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught in small country schools for a couple of years. She married Duwayne Hoyt on January 6, 1951. They began their life together and experienced many adventures beginning with traveling on the road while Duwayne hauled gravel. Gladys became a mother and homemaker. In 1955, they began their lifelong dream of purchasing land and farming in the McHenry area. Gladys was a very loving and talented mother. She always put her husband and children’s needs first. She was a wonderful cook, gardener, nurse, and seamstress. She was a faithful member of her church, holding several positions on the church council and ladies' aid. She supported her children’s activities in Sunday school, band, and sports activities. She was a member of the McHenry Ambulance for 25 years. She helped with the farming business, hauled grain, and helped assemble grain bins. She managed the finances of the household and business. She enjoyed playing pinochle, bingo, old time music, and spending time with family and friends. She enjoyed casinos and traveling to Las Vegas during the cold winter months. Gladys is survived by her six children: Rita (Mike) Balvitsch, Barbara Pound, Arlyn Hoyt (Sue Bakko), Melody (Doug) Skadberg, Leslie (Paulette) Hoyt, Cindy Risk (Randy Fugl); sister, Alice Stromsodt; sisters-in-law, Jeanne Hoyt and Sheila Hoyt; brothers-in-law, Edgar (Janice) Hoyt and Arnold Haugland. She had 12 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She also had several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her siblings, Harris (Lily) Grafsgaard, Ernest (Birdie) Grafsgaard, Stanley Grafsgaard, and Burton (Jean) Grafsgaard; and a brother-in-law, Sherman Stromsodt.
Red ID: FND_I_78904 Image ID: 520427 Image Notes: FND001 271414

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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