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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271528
Title: Robin A. Coonc
Date: 10/3/1949-2/14/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 10/3/1949
Summary: Robin Ann Grant Coonc, 75, of Carrington, ND unexpectedly passed away on February 14, 2025. Services were held at a later date. Robin Grant was born on October 3, 1949, to George Allan Grant and Margaret Evelyn Grant in Alameda, CA. She was raised on Bay Farm Island and graduated from Alameda High School. Shortly after high school Robin moved to Kentucky and married Denver Owen Dunbar. Robin and Denver had two daughters, Mary Margaret and Carol Lynn. After divorcing Denver, Robin, Mary and Carol returned to California. Robin married Francis Michael Slokevage and had two more children, Teresa Elizabeth and Francis Michael. Robin raised her four children in Manteca, Oakdale, Eureka, and San Leandro, CA. While raising her children Robin worked at Mervyn's and was an instructional aide at Loren Eden Elementary School in Hayward, CA. In April 1999, Robin married Douglas Wayne Coonc. After retiring from both Mervyn's and Loren Eden, Robin and Douglas moved to Garrison, ND, and then to Carrington, ND. Robin loved her family more than anything. She loved everything that included her children and grandchildren including hosting parties and holidays, vacationing, camping, fishing, shopping, and reading to them.To her family and friends, Robin was known for her love of sending cards. Everyone that she loved would receive cards for their birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays. If there was a reason to send a card, Robin would send one. In 2006, Robin started cross-stitching Christmas ornaments for her family. Over the last 19 years, she has sewn hundreds of ornaments. Each year her ornament list grew. She would start her ornaments in June and keep at them until Christmas. She loved finding new cross-stitch patterns that would be special to one of her recipients. Robin also loved to scrapbook, read, sew, write in her diary, and garden. She was a homebody who was happy and content to listen to the TV as she worked on her projects. Robin is survived by her husband, Douglas Coonc; three daughters, Mary Sgroe and Scott, Carol Steffen, Teresa Souza and John; son, Frank Slokevage and Joyce; step children, Eric Coonc and Anna, Carrie Ellenwood and Clifford; brother, Jon Grant; sisters, Gail Ray, Kathy Fischer and Charles; grandchildren, Kayla, Tyler, Nicholas, Johnathan, Morgan, Anthony, Jordan, Eleanor, Victoria, Evelyn, Imogen, Zaiden, Anthony, Joseph, Vespera, Skyleer, Alex, Samantha, Haylee, Aubree, Gabby, Jordan, Isaac, and Xavier; seven great-grandchildren; and lots of nieces and nephews. Robin was preceded in death by her father, George Grant (1921-1987); mother, Margaret Grant (1919-2006); nephew, Shannon Ray (1975-2023); and niece, Elizabeth Esparza (1984-2024).
Red ID: FND_I_79024 Image ID: 524440 Image Notes: FNFD001 271528

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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