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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271459
Title: June A. Biwer
Date: 2/9/1960-12/23/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 2/9/1960
Summary: June Ardell Biwer passed away December 23, 2024, at the Tioga Medical Center after 34 months of battling cancer her way. A memorial service was held January 4, 2025, at First Lutheran Church in Tioga, ND. Burial was in United Cemetery, Tioga. June Christofferson was born on February 9, 1960, to Neil and Iona (Gleason) Christofferson in McVille, ND. The family resided in Tolna, ND, until 1966, when they moved to Tioga. She was baptized in Tolna and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Tioga. She attended all 12 years of school in Tioga, and all these years later she still cherished her school friends. After high school she worked at Cenex, putting up grain bins. Later, she was the first girl hired by a pipeline company. In 1980 she married Alan Biwer. To this union two girls were born, Shanna Marie and Kelly Dawn. They lived in Tioga and later in 1985 moved to McGregor, ND. The family enjoyed camping, fishing, gopher hunting and June also played softball (McGregor Elevator team). Various jobs that June did after the girls were older were working at Al’s Auto shop, the Rig Lounge and D.J.’s. June enjoyed camping, chili cook-offs and demolition derbies with her special friend and companion, Rory Syverson. Rory had to help her make her last apple pie this fall and she was thankful! June was very creative and did many types of crafts. She also made her own urn. It is a gourd that she etched a design on and decorated with a “June Bug”. The topper is a crow – thank you Shawn!! Many people were recipients of her crafts. June is survived by her daughters, Shanna (Jason) Christianson and Kelly (Lane) Johnson; grandchildren, Kendall and Maddie Christianson, and Jayda, Isaac and Brantley Johnson; mother, Iona Christofferson; sister, Candice (Bob) Wenger; brother, Colin (Susan) Christofferson; companion, Rory Syverson and his sons, Riley and Kyle; many special nieces, nephews, cousins, and fur baby, Bella. She was preceded in death by Alan; father, Neil Christofferson; and brother, Bernell Christofferson.
Red ID: FND_I_78949 Image ID: 521599 Image Notes: FND001 271459

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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