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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271565
Title: Carol D. Dodge
Date: 10/31/1932-4/11/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 10/31/1932
Summary: Carol Dorothy Swanson Dodge, 92, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 11, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Home, Watford City, ND, surrounded by her loving family. A funeral was held April 22, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Home, with Minister Matthew Rolfson officiating. Burial was in the Schafer Cemetery in Watford City. Carol was born on October 31, 1932, to Albin and Ethel (Kibby) Swanson at Sanish, ND. She was raised and attended school in the Sanish area. When attending a rodeo in Sanish, Carol met a very special cowboy by the name of Edward Dodge. After a grand courtship, they were married on November 13, 1949. They were each other’s lifelong companion and friend. They worked for area ranches and lived in various places in western North Dakota throughout their marriage. Ed and Carol worked at the Watford City Post Office as rural mail carriers, retiring in 1998, and were members of the First Lutheran Church, Watford City. Carol loved her two cats, Nervie and Tippy, going for walks, gardening, watching her favorite television show, Lawrence Welk, and raising her five boys. She enjoyed attending her sons' sports activities and school involvements and later in life listening to her trusty radio to all WCHS basketball games. She was a faithful letter writer to her sons, Farley, Mark and Scott, as they served in the military. Carol also enjoyed quilting and coffee time with Celia and their friends at the 1st Lutheran quilting group. Carol had dedicated her life to her family and was always proud of her Swedish heritage. Carol loved her caretakers at the Good Shepherd Home where she had lived for numerous years and called all of them by the nickname she gave them -“Sugar.” Carol is survived by five sons, Farley (Donna), Janesville, WI, Cameron (Jan), Keene, ND, Mark (Cynthia) Queen Creek, AZ, Edward Guy, and Scott, both of Watford City, ND; numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Albin and Ethel Swanson; husband, Edward; brother, Lester Swanson; brother/sister-in-law, Donald and Sylvia Swanson, and sister/brother-in-law, Anabel and Bob Uran.
Red ID: FND_I_79061 Image ID: 525297 Image Notes: FND001 271565

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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