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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271478
Title: Aron N. Lapp
Date: 2/5/1952-2/14/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/5/1952
Summary: Aaron Lapp, 73, of Mandan, formerly of Beulah, ND, passed away February 14, 2025, at Sanford Hospital in Bismarck, ND. A funeral service was held February 27, 2025, at Evangel Church in Bismarck. Burial was at the Beulah Cemetery. Aaron Neal Lapp was born February 5, 1952, in Richardton, ND, the son of John Edwin and Eleanora Edna (Kungel) Lapp. He was raised in Hebron, ND, where he attended and graduated from Hebron Public School in 1970. Aaron then went to Dickinson State College for four years, graduating in 1974. On June 4, 1973, Aaron married Cynthia Ruth Bauer at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Broomfield, CO. They had two daughters, Jennifer and Lisa. After college, Aaron was a music teacher for one year in Hettinger, ND. He also worked for American Colloid Company for a year before beginning his work at Knife River Coal Mining Company in Hettinger. In 2000, the family moved to Beulah, where Aaron worked for Dakota Westmoreland Coal Mining Company until he retired in 2011. Aaron was the founder of the North Dakota Friends of Deaf Children Foundation, Inc., founded in 1993, at the ND School for the Deaf in Devils Lake, ND. He also served his community as a Sunday school teacher, youth group leader, Elks Lodge member, New Life Worship Center member, and a sign language interpreter. Aaron is survived by his wife, Cynthia, of Mandan; his daughters, Jennifer Sunshine (Lance) Putnam, of Newell, SD, and Lisa Fawn (Alberto) Vega, of Minot, ND; Chancellor, Nadia, Veronica, and Felicia; and one brother, Myron (Betty) Lapp, of Bismarck, ND. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Eleanora Lapp.
Red ID: FND_I_78973 Image ID: 522322 Image Notes: FND001 271478

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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