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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271422
Title: Collette D. Bailey
Date: 8/19/1963-11/15/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 8/19/1963
Summary: Collette D. (Freed) Bailey, 61, of Williston, ND, passed away November 15, 2024, at her residence in Williston. Her memorial service was held November 21, 2024, at Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home Chapel in Williston. Collette Diane Freed was born in Watford City, ND, on August 19, 1963, to Richard and Irene Freed. She was the oldest of six siblings, Richard (Scott), Alan, Stacey, Aaron, and Corey, spending most of her childhood in the Watford/Williston area. Around the 7th grade, the family moved to Casper, WY, where she would meet Robert Bailey, marry and have two children of her own, Natashia and Nicholas. Natashia brought two grandchildren into Collette's life, who quickly became her favorite people. After leaving Williston, Collette planted herself in Star Valley, WY, where she would stay and raise her children until they flew the nest. During her stay in the Valley, she would go on to enjoy the outdoors like her family always had, be it hunting, fishing, or just floating the river with a cold beer in her hand. She mostly worked retail with an occasional stint as a bartender and would make lifetime friends, be it from work or at her favorite local watering hole. She would carry a love for these friends her entire life. Once grandchildren entered her story, they quickly became her love, laughter, and life. Teslynn and Tatum would be her joy and very much be her miniatures. Collette was a tiny woman with a larger than life personality. Any room she was in, all you had to do was listen, and you would know she was there, mandating smiles with her boisterous laughter, which continued until her passing. Collette is survived by her siblings, Alan, Aaron and Corey; her daughter, Natashia, and her children, Teslynn and Tatum, as well as her son Nicholas. Collette was preceded in death by her parents, Irene and Richard; her brother, Scott; and her sister, Stacey.
Red ID: FND_I_78912 Image ID: 520435 Image Notes: FND0901 271422

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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