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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271654
Title: Howard A. Hendrickson
Date: 5/25/1935-2/11/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 5/25/1935
Summary: Howard Hendrickson, 89, of Williston, ND, passed away February 11, 2025, at the Bethel Lutheran Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Williston. In keeping with Howard's wishes, a private service was held for his children and grandchildren. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Howard Arnold Hendrickson was born to Arnold and Clara (Haug) Hendrickson on May 25, 1935, in Plentywood, MT. He was raised on the family farm near Dagmar, MT, and educated at View Hill School. On March 17, 1957, he married Pearl Cleveland. They opened Howard's Westland in Minot, ND, until the '69 Flood when the family moved back to Williston. Howard made time to load all the kids into the family station wagon and take a vacation to Glacier Park before the big move. Over his career, Howard drove truck for various companies from Sweetheart Bakery to Westland Oil, Power Fuels, Cenex and Herman Oil. Howard had a love for cars and could tell you the make and model of every vehicle he ever owned. Howard had a lifetime membership in the Moose and always enjoyed visiting with family and friends and dancing with Pearl. He continued to occasionally frequent the Moose well into his 80's to enjoy burger night and a few O'Doul's. Howard and Pearl loved spending time at their cabin at Blacktail Dam and fishing from their boat. They later sold the cabin and became avid campers at various parks. Howard spent many summers enjoying his role as the campground host and caretaker at Beaver Bay Campground. He spent many hours walking his dog Cuddles. Howard enjoyed going for a drive, eating at McDonald's, and visiting with just about anyone! He loved to eat ice cream and have a Hershey bar or two, or three... Howard is survived by his seven children, Ron (Wendy), Vern (Deb), Cal, Robert (Irene), Dean (Rhonda), Sandra, Darin (Holly) and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; his brothers, Orville and Tony (Dory); sisters, Dorothy (David) Blomberg, Sylvia (Gary Moran) Haven, Pearl (Ernie) Haven and Judy (Bob) Bergeron. He was preceded in death by his parents and stepmother, Alice; and his wife Pearl; four sisters, Alice Erickson, Evelyn (Cartwright) Simonson, Bernice Haugen, and Mary Ann LePage; and his infant brothers, Arlyn and Gene; his special friend, Marilyn Johnson; his daughters-in-law, Karen (Bercier) and Wanda (Garaas); and many nieces and nephews and brothers and sisters-in-law.
Red ID: FND_I_79150 Image ID: 528902 Image Notes: FND001 271654

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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