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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271417
Title: Kellie M. Kreft (Shannon)
Date: 1/29/1972-1/14/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 1/29/1972
Summary: Kellie Kreft, 52, passed away January 14, 2025, at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, ND. Kellie Marie Shannon Kreft was born on December 29, 1972. She was adopted by Louise (McNamara) and Bill Kreft in March of 1973. She lived in Farmington, MN, until she was 7 and then moved to California. She attended special education in Antioch until 1991. She moved to New Rockford in 1994 and attended the 4th Corp. Kellie enjoyed music, TV, walking and riding her trike. She loved Christmas and the 4th of July. She was always happy and loved being around family. She is survived by her brother, Dan (Wendy) Kreft, of Bismarck; three cousins, Jim Martinson, of New Rockford, Denise Steadman, of Carrington, and Susan Fryar, of Arkansas; five 2nd cousins, two nieces and two nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill and Louise Kreft; and grandparents, Floyd and Susie McNamara.
Red ID: FND_I_78907 Image ID: 520430 Image Notes: FND001 271417

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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