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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271658
Title: Roger P. Wick
Date: 7/27/1963-9/11/2018
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Inscription/Marks: 7/27/1963
Summary: Roger Paul Wick, passed away September 11, 2018. His celebration was held at Merle & Sandy Longnecker’s farm near New Rockford, ND. Roger was born July 27, 1963 to Harold (Zip) and Elaine Wick. Roger Paul “Loose” lived his entire 55 years on the Wick family farm. Roger loved farming, ranching, and family. Living life to the limits, his philosophy of life was “Hammer Down”. On September 11th in a well-known gathering spot on the farm overlooking a pasture, his cattle quietly grazing, he ended his life. The rustling of the wind through the cottonwoods at that time and place offer quiet solace to his grieving family. Although depression encumbered his last few years, family and friends remember a Roger of happier times. A farmer from birth, his boots were always parked right next to his dad's. He rode shotgun in the old pickup truck until he was able to take the wheel himself. After Zip and Elaine retired, Roger bought the farm. He expanded the acreage and was an early advocate for natural beef production. He sought business opportunities and developed a personal network of customers to market his natural beef. When he wasn’t farming, baling hay or riding herd on his prize cattle, he hunted, gardened exotic vegetables, and delivered Loose Meat around the country. He made the best darn dill pickles ever and played a mean game of pinochle. He surrounded himself with trophy game. A big horn sheep hunt in the North Dakota Badlands in 2002 ended successfully with a ram he named Hank, a once in a lifetime moose hunt in the Turtle Mountains filled the freezer and in 2009 he received the North Dakota Limousine Commercial Beef Producer of the year award at the Minot State Fair. Colorful Western shirts, tight fitting wranglers, boots and a hat, his slim, 6 foot presence always brightened family gatherings when he rolled in with a cooler full of homemade sausage, Loose Meat and home canned goods. He is missed by brothers Ron, Harold (Lorra, Harrison), Rudy (Kathy, Kelsey, Sean, Emery, Jacob), Howard (Sarah, Grace, Lilly, Lane), Tim (Stacie, Andrew, Zachary, Nathan, Rose Mae, Eleanor, Trinity) and sisters LaDonna (Erling, Patricia, Simon, Goddaughter Natalie, Joe, Stephanie, Mark), Sandy (Merle, Kimberly, Mike, Alexis, Remington, Samantha, Eric, Lisa, Riley, Tucker, Cassie), Joni (Whitney, his Godson Hunter, Nakoia), Sarah (Andre), Tracy (Dan, Casey, Tom, Carter, Josephine) Kristina and Melissa (Keith, Erin, Jordan). Roger passed from this life into the arms of his loving parents who preceded him in death.
Red ID: FND_I_79154 Image ID: 528955 Image Notes: FND001 271658

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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