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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271670
Title: Dean M. Knudsvig
Date: 3/31/1939-4/14/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/31/1939
Summary: Dean M. Knudsvig passed away April 14, 2025, at the Aneta Parkview Health Center in Aneta, ND, at the age of 86. Funeral services were held April 21, 2025, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Wildrose, ND. Pastor Jean Nygaard officiated. Burial will be in Wildrose Cemetery in Wildrose. Dean was born to Peder and Esther (Myhre) Knudsvig on March 31, 1939, along with his twin sister, Deanna, in Wildrose, ND. On November 4, 1961, he was married to Lois Johnson at Trinity Lutheran Church, rural Ambrose, ND. They had two daughters, Darnell and Denise. He worked for Divide County Highway Department for 40 years and he farmed until he was 75. After his retirement, he kept busy doing snow removal for his neighbors in Wildrose. Dean is survived by his wife, Lois; daughters, Darnell (Bob) Tangsrud and Denise (Roger) Deines; his five grandchildren, Ryan (Anna) Skarphol, Matthew (Crystal) Tangsrud, Diandra (Levi) Kallberg, Amy (Shawn) Brown and Aaron (Emily) Tangsrud; 11 great-grandchildren, Janie and Lucy Skarphol, Kadence, Kendal and Kutler Kallberg, Finlay, Haven and Daphne Brown, and Nicolai, Eunice and Josephine Tangsrud; brothers-in-law, Jerry Sorenson and Eugene (Lonnie) Johnson; sister-in-law, Ardith Nore; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Janet (Verlin) Hanson and Deanna Sorenson; and brother-in-law, Henry Nore.
Red ID: FND_I_79166 Image ID: 529158 Image Notes: FNFD001 271670

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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