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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271699
Title: Carol L Klem
Date: 4/4/1965-6/30/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 4/4/1965
Summary: Carol Klem, 60, of Belfield, ND, passed away June 30, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. A funeral service was held July 9, 2025, at St. John’s Church in Killdeer, ND. Burial was at Killdeer Cemetery. Carol was born on April 4, 1965, in Dickinson, ND, to Willard and Irene (Keller) Kovaloff. She graduated from Killdeer High School in 1984, and later welcomed her beloved daughter, Jessica. After high school, Carol pursued her passion for education, earning a bachelor’s degree in education from Dickinson State University. She began student teaching in Mandan, ND, before eventually settling in Belfield, where she found her calling as a certified nursing assistant (CNA). Carol had a true caregiver’s heart and dedicated her life to helping others. Carol loved the simple joys in life, reading, writing, camping, and making homemade chokecherry jelly, pickled beets, and other canned goods. She was an avid collector of cookbooks, especially cherishing old church editions. Her thriftiness and love of tradition, especially her Thanksgiving meals, were well known, and her humor and laughter lit up every room she entered. She shared a special bond with her twin sister, Connie. Above all, Carol treasured her role as a grandmother to Charlotte, who brought her endless joy and pride. Carol will be remembered for her generous spirit, her warm smile, and her deep love for her family. Carol is survived by her daughter, Jessica (Joe) Bates, of Grass Lake, MI; granddaughter, Charlotte; mother, Irene Kovaloff, of Killdeer; siblings, Bruce Kovaloff, of Killdeer, Brian (Hope) Kovaloff, of Mandan, Rhonda (Todd) Pfenning, of Zap, ND, Connie (Arnie) Dvorak, of Dickinson, and Julie (Tyler) Stevens, of South Carolina; nieces and nephews, Amber (Brian) Mueller, Justin Dvorak, Hunter and Riley Kovaloff, Sarah Kovarik, Isabella, Teghearnan, Olivia, and Wyatt Stevens; and great-niece and nephew, Gabrielle and Owen. She was preceded in death by her father, Willard, and her grandparents, John and Edith Kovaloff and Gotthilf and Ann Keller.
Red ID: FND_I_79195 Image ID: 529825 Image Notes: FND001 271699

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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