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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271552
Title: Earlene M. Frank
Date: 5/12/1947-4/10/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 5/12/1947
Summary: Earlene M. Frank, 77, of Dickinson, ND went to be with her Savior on April 6, 2025, at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo, ND, after a long and rewarding life. Funeral Mass was held April 10, 2025, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Dickinson with Father Dennis Schafer celebrating. Burial was at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Dickinson. Earlene Martha Sargeant was born to Earl and Eleanor Sargeant on May 12, 1947 in Galesburg, IL, and joined her older brother, William Sargeant. There she remained until she met and married her husband. In September of 1970 she married George Frank and moved to North Dakota to the family farm south of Dickinson. Together George and Earlene raised six children. Through the years Earlene worked several jobs to help support her family, all of which highlighted her passion of helping others. She worked for Easter Seals, Able Inc., and Head Start. She also worked at Paragon Café as a cook and a waitress. Earlene loved playing pinochle, visiting with friends and family, especially her 11 grandchildren, cooking, reading and singing. She enjoyed making jams and jellies, and canning. She was an avid roller skater in her younger years. She was a long-term member of the St. Joseph Church choir. Her faith was very important to her as she converted to Catholicism at a young age, and had a deep abiding love for the Lord Jesus Christ. Earlene is survived by her brother, William Sargeant, Rio Rico, AZ; her six children, Richard (Jamie) Frank, Fargo, ND; Sherry (Tom) Brusven, Fargo, ND; Sheila (Alejandro) Abdo, Michigan City, IN; Barry (Melissa) Frank, Wahpeton, ND; Lucas Frank, Dickinson, ND; and Donna Anderson, Fargo, ND; eleven grandchildren, Ben Frank, Jessica Frank, George Abdo, Larken Frank, Violet Frank, Draven Winn, Layka Frank, Tryker Frank, Andrew Anderson, Jackson Anderson and Ethan Anderson, and one great-grandchild, Mateo Winn. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Earlene was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Eleanor (Kostelecky) Sargeant; her husband, George Frank; and her sons-in-law, Travis Anderson and Robert Brooks.
Red ID: FND_I_79048 Image ID: 525152 Image Notes: FND001 271552

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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