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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271598
Title: Michael Emond
Date: 9/30/1939-5/12/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 9/30/1939
Summary: Sister Michael (Eleanor) Emond a Benedictine Sister of Sacred Heart Monastery, passed away May 12, 2025, at St. Benedict’s Health in Dickinson. A Mass of Christian burial was held May 20, 2025, at Assumption Abbey Church, Richardton, ND, with Abbot Valerian Odermann celebrating. Burial was at the Benedictine Sisters Cemetery in Richardton. Sister Michael was born on September 30, 1939, to Harmil and Edna Emond. Due to her premature birth, 3 months early, her bed was in a shoebox in the warmer oven in the old cook stove. She was fed with an eyedropper. She was raised on the same ranch where she was born, 40 miles south of Malta, MT. Sister Michael had four brothers and four sisters; there are two sets of twins in her family, twin boys and 18 months later, twin girls. She and her siblings grew up helping with all the chores and learning to cook and bake. They went to a country school 1½ miles from home, walking both ways when the weather was good. Sister Michael went to four years of high school at Sacred Heart Academy, Minot, ND. She joined the Monastery in 1955 and celebrated her 60th Jubilee of Monastic Profession on July 11, 2017. Sister Michael worked at St. Vincent’s Nursing Home for two years as Director of Nursing and then went to St. Luke’s Hospital, Crosby, ND, as Director of Nursing. While there, she worked floor duty and anesthesia. She also served as Director of Nursing at the Nursing home in Malta, MT, and did anesthesia at the hospital there. In 1981, Sister Michael moved to Lemmon, SD, where she worked as a physician assistant for the clinic and emergency room call. In 1982, she moved to Hettinger, ND. She went with the same group of doctors from Lemmon to work the night clinic and emergency room at West River Regional Hospital. She served in that community until 2007. From April 2008 to June 2015, Sister Michael worked at the Richardton Clinic as a physician assistant. Prior to and during her work history Sister Michael’s studies took her from becoming an RN in 1963, to an Anesthetist in 1972 and becoming a Physician Assistant in 1979.When asked what drew her to the Monastery she says, “ My love for Jesus and being able to share my love of Jesus and my life in medicine to all I come in contact with.” Sister Michael resided at the Monastery since her retirement. Retirement never meant much to her as she assumed many other jobs living out her monastic life. She answered all of the online prayer requests. She enjoyed reading, making pickles and candy, walking, and doing any job that she was capable of doing. This past summer she was bound and determined to can one hundred quarts of tomatoes for the winter. She loved going to activities in the area and never turned down an outing. Her advice to others is to “Pray for guidance – if you hear God calling you to the religious life, please respond and know that He will be with you every step of the way”. Sister Michael is survived by her Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery; sisters, Wendy Radspinner (Salem, OR), Darlene Rozak (Delta, CO), and Arlene Gae (Wilsall, MT); brothers, Boyd (Delta, CO), and Lloyd (Hermosa, SD); and many nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death are her parents, Harmil and Edna Emond; brothers, Noel and David; and sister, Marilyn Metz.
Red ID: FND_I_79095 Image ID: 525776 Image Notes: FND001 271598

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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