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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271729
Title: William R. Geyer
Date: 7/4/1936-6/16/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 7/4/1936
Summary: William Rudolph Geyer, 88, passed away June 16, 2025, at his home in Williston, ND, surrounded by his wife, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held June 24, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston. Burial was in the Riverview Cemetery. Our dad was born in Minot, ND on July 4, 1936, to his mother, Frieda Geyer, and father Rudolph Geyer. After graduating from Saint Leo’s High School he earned a degree in education at Minot State Teacher’s College and served in Germany with the U.S. Army. Dad married our mother, Margaret “Peggy” Rose Hunter on January 6, 1962. Dad spent his life teaching his children and building memories of the highest treasure. He loved building, landscaping, gardening, hunting, fishing and all things where he could spend time under the giant sky with the people he loved. Dad enjoyed playing basketball, football and curling. He is survived by our mother, Peggy; his children, William, Mary, Brian, Jennifer and Caron; his grandchildren, Mariah, Michaela, Christopher, Chloe and Ethan; and his great-grandchildren, Alara and Madilyn. Dad was preceded in death by his parents, Rudy and Frieda; and by his brother, Gary Geyer.
Red ID: FND_I_79225 Image ID: 531288 Image Notes: FND001 271729

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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