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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271440
Title: Cathleen R. Rychner
Date: 3/8/1966-1/24/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/8/1966
Summary: Cathleen Rychner, 58, of Hettinger, ND, formerly of Killdeer, ND, passed away January 24, 2025, at her home in Hettinger. A funeral service was held January 31, 2025, at Stevenson Funeral Home, Killdeer. Burial was at Oakdale Cemetery. Cathleen Rachel Rychner was the youngest of eight children born to Elmer and Ida (Schuh) Rychner. She was known as the littlest sister by all of her older siblings. After grade school and high school, she went off to Oak Hills Bible College where she pursued a four-year degree. While at college, she went on a mission trip to Hong Kong and Mexico. After returning to North Dakota for a few years, she moved to Bemidji, MN, where she lived for ten years. Cathleen returned to Killdeer and worked for Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing for several years before making her home in Hettinger. While in her thirties, Cathleen developed a brain tumor. Although she survived the removal of the tumor, it started a slow deterioration of her body. She had a form of MD, which complicated her health problems. After a steady decline, she was called home to heaven in the first month of the New Year, 2025. Cathleen was a great cook and an avid seamstress, known for her beautiful embroidery. She was a big fan of old movies, especially those with Doris Day or Shirley Temple in them. Cathleen is survived by her mother, Ida Rychner, of Killdeer; siblings, Rodney Rychner, Killdeer; Omer (Roselyn) Rychner, Killdeer, Arnold (Virginia) Rychner, Ekalaka, MT, Cordella Rychner, Killdeer, Colleen (Dan) Rowe, Dalton, NE; sister-in-law, Mira Rychner, Tulsa, OK; numerous nieces, nephews and grand-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Elmer Rychner; brothers, Craig and Mark Rychner.
Red ID: FND_I_78930 Image ID: 521062 Image Notes: FND001 271440

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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