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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271482
Title: Nicholas S. Reinert
Date: 12/17/1941-3/4/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 12/17/1941
Summary: Nicholas “Nick” Reinert, 83, of Dickinson, ND, passed away March 4, 2025, at his home in Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held March 12, 2025, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church with Father Robert Shea celebrating. Burial was at Sunny Slope Cemetery in Mott, ND. Nicholas Simon was born on December 17, 1941, on the family farm in Hettinger County, northeast of Mott. He was the first son born to Nicholas J. and Catherine Frank Reinert. He was raised on the farm, graduated from Mott High School in 1960, and shortly thereafter joined the Navy where he served until 1964. In 1968 he graduated from NDSSS in Wahpeton, ND, with his degree as a certified welder. He worked for Welk Steel in Mandan, Nicks Plumbing and Heating, and then was hired by Kolling Construction as their first welder. He helped with welding for both the Woolworth Store and Ponderosa Liquors. In 1971, he moved back to the family farm and was proud to say that he now sleeps in the same room he was born in. He married Loretta Jahner in June of 1966, and they had four children together. They retired in 2008 and moved to Dickinson. Nick was a member of the 3rd and 4th degree Knights of Columbus, a member of 40 and 8, and the Moose Club of Dickinson. He enjoyed reading, watching old western movies, and playing an occasional card game. Surviving are his wife of 58 years, Loretta; his sons, Charles, of Hinesville, GA, Michael (Lisa), of Prescott Valley, AZ, Nicholas (Heidi), of Colorado Springs, CO; and his daughter, Rebecca (Brian), of Houston, MO; 12 grandchildren, Renee, Alexander, Delaney, Samantha, Zachary, Krystalyn, Nicholas (Maddy), Isabella, Christopher, Katrina, Shelby and Johnathon; and three great-grandchildren. Also surviving are his three sisters, Mildred (Nick) Wegh, Kathleen (James) Brewster, and Sister Agnes; and his two brothers, John (Patty) and Ernie (Carol). He was preceded in death by his parents, Nicholas and Catherine Reinert.
Red ID: FND_I_78977 Image ID: 522326 Image Notes: FND001 271482

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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