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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271441
Title: Gordon Ficek
Date: 8/16/1943-1/24/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 8/16/1943
Summary: Gordon Ficek, 81, of Dickinson, ND, passed away January 24, 2025, at St. Benedict’s Health Center in Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held January 29, 2025, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Burial was at Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery in New Hradec, ND. Gordon Ficek was born on August 16, 1943, in Dickinson, the oldest of six children to Ludwig and Emma (Privratsky) Ficek. He grew up on the family farm near Dickinson, where he learned how to help his father with farming. At the age of sixteen, Gordon went to work at the Leigh Briquetting Plant in Dickinson. After an accident caused him to lose two fingers, he went to Fargo, ND, to attend automobile repair school and began working at a local service station. Gordon moved back to Dickinson, where he took on various jobs, including Sax Motors and hauling freight and oil for Koppinger Oil and Century Mercury, until opening his own transmission shop. He later worked for Brentag, hauling chemicals, until his retirement. Gordon married Roberta Volesky on June 20, 1967, in New Hradec. The couple was blessed with their two children, Lynn and Steve. Gordon enjoyed playing cards, fishing, camping, and hiking in the Bighorn Mountains during trips they took every summer. He once hiked with two of his friends to search for a plane that crashed in 1943 at Cloud Peak Wilderness area in Wyoming. Gordon's family and faith in God were the most important aspects of his life. He loved watching his children and grandchild participate in all their different activities. Gordon was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in New Hradec, a Knight of Columbus, and a Catholic workman. Gordon is survived by his wife of 57 years, Bobbie, of Dickinson; daughter, Lynn (Terry) Kubas, of Dickinson; son, Steve (Karen) Ficek, of Elkhorn, NE; grandchildren, Carly (Jake) Porter, Christopher Kubas, Lexi Kloewer, and Alaina Kloewer; great-grandson, Ty Porter; brothers, Dennis Ficek, of Dickinson, Gary Ficek, of Fargo, Dale Ficek, of Dickinson; mother-in-law, Tillie Volesky; brothers-in-law, Wilfred (Kathy) Volesky, Kevin (Brenda) Volesky, Ken (Bobbie) Volesky, Karla (Russ) Schank, Keith (Tami Carter) Volesky; sister-in-law, Dawn Volesky; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ludwig and Emma Ficek; brother, Donald Ficek; sister, Shirley Ficek; father-in-law, Robert F. Volesky; and brother-in-law, Alvin Volesky.
Red ID: FND_I_78931 Image ID: 528802 Image Notes: FND001 271441

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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