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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271564
Title: Merrill D. Howling Wolf, Sr.
Date: 10/17/1980-4/21/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 10/17/1980
Summary: Merrill Davis Howling Wolf Sr. “AsakaáAtiKoosáaRH” (High Star), 44, passed away April 21, 2025, in Mandaree, ND. His funeral was held April 26, 2025, at the Living Water Family Worship Center in Mandaree, with Damon Strum officiating. Burial was at the Mandaree Congregational Cemetery. Merrill was born on October 17, 1980, to Eldora Poitra and Dennis Howling Wolf Sr. He graduated from Poplar, MT. Merrill attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, NM, where he became a certified correctional officer. Throughout Merrill’s life he worked a few different jobs. He worked as a seasonal fire fighter in Montana, he worked at the Juvenile Detention Center in Poplar, MT, he worked as a BIA/Tribal Cop on the Ft. Peck Reservation, he worked at West Segment’s Maintenance, he also worked at Mandaree School as a special education paraprofessional. He was a people person and enjoyed talking to people. Doc was left-handed which gave him an advantage at sports, because most people are right-handed. Doc enjoyed playing basketball, coaching fundamental basketball skills, and watching North Carolina Tar Heels basketball games. Doc loved his family dearly. He enjoyed going on family outings and celebrations with his wife and children. He had many friends and always liked visiting with his bros. He was a lifelong learner of our Native ways and enjoyed listening to stories. Merrill is survived by his wife, Yvonne Howling Wolf; daughter, Natayla Howling Wolf; sons, Rylan Howling Wolf, Merill Howling Wolf Jr. and Dezmond Howling Wolf; mother, Eldora Poitra; mother-in-law, Arden Boxer; brothers, Robert Grady, Dennis Howling Wolf Jr., and Duane Howling Wolf; sisters, Mary Ellen Sun and Denise Howling Wolf; aunts, Brenda Poitra, Clarice Howling Wolf, Diane Howling Wolf, Diane Mongram, Debbie Dickens, Donna Poitra, Prairie Rose, TaShina, Dakota Seminole and Jeanine Spotted Horse; uncles Fred Poitra, Julius Poitra Jr. and Elton Spotted Horse; and too many cousins, sisters and brothers to mention. He had so many loved ones, if we forgot to mention anyone, please know it was not our intention. Merrill was preceded in death by his brother, Kyle Grady Sr.; father, Dennis Howling Wolf Sr.; maternal grandparents, Marie Seminole and Julius Poitra Sr.; and paternal grandparents, Dan and Mabel Howling Wolf.
Red ID: FND_I_79060 Image ID: 525296 Image Notes: FND001 271564

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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