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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271484
Title: James C. Dubois, Sr.
Date: 11/9/1962-2/14/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 11/9/1962
Summary: The loving and respected James Carl DuBois, Sr., 62, of New Town, ND, passed away on February 14, 2025, to join his ancestors. His funeral was held February 20, 2025, at Water Chief Hall in Mandaree, ND. James DuBois was born November 9, 1962, in Watford City, ND. and grew up in Mandaree. He was a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara nations and a Waterbuster clan member. He was also a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. James attended Mandaree High School and Pocatello High School where he ran for the Pocatello Cross Country team in Idaho. He had a love for sports and attended the local cross country meets supporting the local runners and athletes. He also enjoyed watching basketball, football, and UFC. As a teenager and young adult, he loved fishing with his mother and siblings. Moreover, James loved reading books, crafting, and sketching in his spare time. He enjoyed listening to rock music like AC/DC and Metallica. James was an avid gardener and put great thought and care into our Mother Earth, fondly working with trees as a forester and handling numerous duties in Mandan, ND, for ten years. James is a loving father who had an immense love for his children, often taking them for nature walks when they lived in Idaho. He placed great importance on his Native American spirituality. James enjoyed visiting the sweat lodge to pray; he sun danced with his siblings in Green Grass, SD. James regularly attended the summer ceremony, harvesting sage to clean between rounds and drinking coffee while visiting his relatives. James welcomed his first grandchild, Penelope Young Bird, in 2024, a baby girl he adored and was very proud of. James DuBois Sr. had a kind and gentle nature, always helping where he could. James had many friends in the recovery community, providing words of encouragement to those around him. His years of life reflect resiliency, his love for his family, and the power of prayer and spirituality. Our thoughts and prayers go to his siblings, Terrence RedFox, Debbie and Monte Joseph, Wilhemenia (Tiny) DuBois, Patrick DuBois; and special niece, Martina Fox. James DuBois is survived by his loving children, Francis DuBois, James (Jimmy) DuBois, Jr, and Gabriella (Pooz) DuBois; grandchild, Penelope Young Bird, and various grandchildren and great-grandchildren. James will be met by his many ancestors: his mother, Gabriella “Katie” (Young Bear) DuBois; his father, Norman DuBois, Sr.; brother, Norman (JD) DuBois Jr.; brother, Leland Bears Heart DuBois; and sister, Dorothy DuBois.
Red ID: FND_I_78979 Image ID: 522328 Image Notes: FND001 271484

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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