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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271446
Title: Elizabeth A. Gillum
Date: 5/11/1959-1/25/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 5/11/1959
Summary: Elizabeth A. Gillum passed away January 25, 2025 at Sanford Health in Bismarck, ND. This morning at 7:33 out in North Dakota, we lost Elizabeth to a quick-moving cancer. She was a mix of natural talents, deep intuition and charismatic spirit. She was the first born of the five siblings, and she made sure the rest of us understood her place in the birth order. She believed in the general goodness of people until they proved otherwise. She was fiercely loyal to those who supported her in friendship, and she made sure no one picked on her siblings. She was also headstrong and possessed a level of stubbornness that can only be described as genetically given from both her Gillum and Putman ancestors, and she always spoke her truth, no matter what that lead to. She was immensely proud of the two men that her boys, Ted and Ben, have grown into and the families and friendships that they have formed. When she moved to North Dakota in support of our parents' choice to retire there around the year 2000, she built a life of fierce independence, working jobs surrounding the Bismarck area and recently retired to serve as caregiver for our mother. We are so grateful to her for her aggressive advocacy for our mother’s health and wishes when mom broke her hip in September. When the nursing home said Mom’s progress had plateaued and wanted to move her into permanent placement, Beth took her home and through her continued advocacy and tough love, Mom continued to improve and has regained a decent level of independence and mobility. Her sisters and sons are truly sorry, Beth, we were not able to be present to help push the medical system to be of greater help to you. We are deeply grateful to her friend Stephanie who advocated on her behalf. Beth, we are glad you are no longer in pain, and are with Dad and our brother Bruce. Beth is survived by her sons, Benjamin Roberts, of Atlanta, GA, Theodore (Kristen) Roberts, of Grand Rapids, MI; her mother, Nancy Gillum, of Glen Ullin; siblings, Margaret (Tom) Watson, Hudsonville, MI, Patricia Gillum, of Dexter, MI, Retha Vaneck, of Stevensville, MI; two grandchildren, Joel and Claire; sister-in-law, Sarah Gillum, of Kalamazoo, MI; and special friend, Stephanie Johnson, of Glen Ullin, ND. She was preceded in death by her father, James Gillum; and her brother, Bruce Gillum.
Red ID: FND_I_78936 Image ID: 528804 Image Notes: FND001 271446

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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