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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271460
Title: Joanne Reich
Date: 8/14/1939-12/21/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 8/14/1939
Summary: JoAnne Beverly Reich went home to her Lord Jesus on December 21, 2024, after a short stay in hospice in Billings, MT. Memorial services were held January 6, 2025, at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in Williston, ND. Burial was at Riverview Cemetery in Williston, ND. JoAnne was born August 14, 1939, to Inga Wold of Fargo, ND. She was raised from a baby by her grandmothers, Dina Wold, Uncle Melvin Wold and Aunt Edna Wold in the Stady and Fortuna, ND area. Upon Aunt Edna’s marriage to Melvin Bolstad, Grenora, ND, Uncle Melvin continued to raise JoAnne in the Fortuna and Crosby area teaching her the fundamentals of the meaning of God’s grace. JoAnne called Uncle Melvin her Dad and treated him like her father until his death in 1966. JoAnne married Ernest A Reich, July 18th 1959. They had a daughter, Beverly Ann in 1965. JoAnne lived in Williston for some 46 years and took pride in her home, church and work. She worked for Albertsons in Williston for 17 years until her health took a turn in June 2022. She moved to Billings in assisted living, helped by her cousin Marie Hanser, daughter of her aunt Edna Bolstad, deceased. JoAnne loved the hymns, she enjoyed singing them, too. JoAnne enjoyed life with her friends and family, laughing and playing cards with Earl. JoAnne is survived by her husband of 65 years, Ernest; and daughter, Beverly, both of Fargo, ND; ex-son-in-law, Earl Ege, of Williston; special cousin, Marie Hanser, of Broadview, MT; many cousins and many, many friends.
Red ID: FND_I_78950 Image ID: 521600 Image Notes: FND001 271460

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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