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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271431
Title: Nicole "Nikki" A. Jahner
Date: 8/5/1970-10/12/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 8/5/1970
Summary: Nikki Jahner, 54, of Dickinson, ND, passed away January 12, 2025, at her home. A funeral service was held January 17, 2025, at Stevenson Funeral Home with Pastor Bob Simons officiating. Entombment was at the Dickinson Mausoleum. Nicole Ann was born August 5, 1970, in Dickinson, the daughter of Delvern “Del” and Eleanore “Ellie” (Meier) Dvorak. Growing up, she attended Killdeer High School, graduating with the class of 1989. She attended Trinity Bible College in Ellendale, ND. Nikki married Brent Jahner on June 12, 2004, in Dickinson. Nikki worked in the kitchen at Players for several years. She enjoyed and was the celebrity clown for the Roughrider Parade for over thirty years. Nikki enjoyed playing sports as part of the Special Olympics and was proud to go with her team to Raleigh, NC. She also took pride in the fact that she was top fundraiser for the March of Dimes. Nikki loved to listen to music and sing karaoke. She was thrilled to become the owner/operator of her own business “Star-Lite Karaoke & DJ Services.” She was known as “Rockin’ Nikki”. She continued to play at Hawks Point and sing at St. Luke’s once a month. Nikki had a very strong faith and believed in Jesus and the Resurrection. Her family draws comfort from the knowledge that Nikki is in heaven. Nikki will be dearly missed by the many who had come to know her over the years. Nikki is survived by husband, Brent; mother, Ellie “Meier” Dvorak, of St. Augustine, FL; sisters, Lisa (Brian) Breidenbach, of Grand Forks, ND, and Michelle Dvorak, of St. Augustine; nieces, Jordon (Paul) Behm; great niece and nephew, Gia and Jaeger Behm, all of Moorhead, MN, and Paige Breidenbach, of Fargo; and numerous, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her father, Del Dvorak (2009).
Red ID: FND_I_78921 Image ID: 520846 Image Notes: FND001 271431

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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