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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271468
Title: Clay Kyllonen
Date: 2/22/1994-2/2/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/22/1994
Summary: Clay Kyllonen, 30, of Williston, ND, passed away February 2, 2025, in Williston. Funeral services were held February 11, 2025, at the Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home Chapel in Williston. Clay was born February 22, 1994, to Pamela (Pam Pam) Fretheim and Michael (Mike) Kyllonen at Mercy Hospital in Williston, ND. Clay was determined to survive. He had many health issues to overcome as a newborn and later in his adulthood. He had his first surgery at 3 weeks old. Clay also survived a bad respiratory illness before Covid was actually labeled Covid. Clay made Williston his home. He has many lifelong friends and family here. Clay was very witty and his smirk always made others smile. Clay loved basketball; you could usually see him walking around town with a basketball in hand, and his fancy Air Jordans. Clay had an affinity for the original Air Jordans, clever socks, and watches. He was worse than a lady in high heels when he had his Air Jordans on, avoiding mud, water puddles, etc. He worked as a cook at various places in Williston, including Dakota Farms, Slim Chickens, and Gramma Sharons. He also worked in the oilfield industry. Clay was very close to family and never strayed far from them! Clay and his Uncle Monkey (Byron) were always together. When you saw Clay, he was always in a good mood and usually asked to bum a cigarette, lol! Clay loved hard and was loved by all. He was not a violent person and did not like conflict. He was a peace keeper. Clay was a hero whose life was taken at a very young age defending his friend. Clay is survived by his parents, Pamela (Pam Pam) Fretheim and Michael (Mike) Kyllonen; maternal grandparents, Mike and Verna Fretheim; paternal grandmother, Sylvia Barstad Fladeland; brother, Clement (CJ) Wells (Tessa); sisters, Tory Hunter (the late Joe Hunter), and Jesella Kyllonen (Tanner); nieces and nephews, Leo, Kieydin, Jason, Amaryah, Tre, Rowan, Raelynn, Maeve, and Korren; many great aunts, great uncles, aunts, uncles and cousins. Thank you to the following people for having a special place in Clay’s life, Uncle Monkey, Skip and Vicki Harstad, Brian and Sondra Fretheim, Robert Morgan, Renell Belts, Chrissy, Lacie, Levi, Courtney, Charles, Jasmyn, Kenneth Addicott, Desri Linghor, Bobbie Gonzales, Laura White, and Molly Moore.
Red ID: FND_I_78957 Image ID: 521607 Image Notes: FND091 271468

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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