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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271684
Title: Roger A. Skadsem
Date: 4/26/1968-6/30/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 4/26/1968
Summary: Roger A. Skadsem, 57, of New Rockford, ND, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2025, in his home. His funeral service was held July 10, 2025, at First Lutheran Church, New Rockford. Roger Skadsem was born on April 26, 1968, in Devils Lake, ND, the first son of Ann M. and Roger W. Skadsem. He grew up in the St. Michael area and graduated from Warwick High School in 1986. Over the years, he held various construction jobs and worked at the elevators in Sheyenne and Oberon. He was also employed with NCZ Express in New Rockford. In addition, Roger was also a clown for Geske and Son’s rodeo for several years. Roger had a passion for fishing and loved spending time on the water. He also enjoyed playing poker, a love he inherited from his mother, Ann, and he traveled to compete in many poker tournaments over the years. Aside from his love of fishing and poker, Roger’s greatest joy was his family. He especially treasured time with his grandchildren, Abria, DJ, and Weston, never arriving without gifts and taking every opportunity to make them feel special. He also loved visiting his nieces and nephews and never came empty-handed when he stopped by to see them. Roger was truly loved and will be dearly missed by his family, including his daughter, Samantha (Nathan) Joramo, Devils Lake; stepson, Duane Mudgett, New Rockford; grandchildren, Abria, DJ, and Weston; siblings, Rodney (Heather), Warwick, Tammi Skadsem, Devils Lake, and special friend, Michelle Hillebrand. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ann and Roger Skadsem, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.
Red ID: FND_I_79180 Image ID: 529553 Image Notes: FND001 271684

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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