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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271740
Title: Lola Willert
Date: 9/25/1936-8/3/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 9/25/1936
Summary: Lola Willert, 88, went to be with the Lord on August 3, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Home in Watford City, ND. Her funeral service was held August 9, 2025, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Williston, ND. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Lola Lillian Jensen was born on September 25, 1936, in Parshall, ND, to Jens C. and Alice (Johnson) Jensen. On October 14, 1954 Lola was united in marriage to Kenneth G. Willert, until he passed away one month short of their 60th anniversary. In 1957 they moved from Minot, ND, to Williston, ND. Lola was a great homemaker and seamstress; she sewed for a lot of people. She made several wedding and bridesmaid dresses but was most proud of the wedding dresses she made for her daughters, Debbie and Susan. She then moved on to sewing drapes and curtains, which she loved. Lola was a member Calvary Baptist Church. Lola and Ken loved to travel and spent 18 winters in Myrtle Beach, SC. After Ken’s passing, she continued to travel with family. One of her last big trips she was able to make it out to the East Coast to see 14 states in 14 days. On her trip to Noah’s Ark in Kentucky at age 81 she ziplined. Lola drove her first solo trip to Michigan in her 80’s. She enjoyed the outdoors tending to her garden and flowers. Lola adored her pond, and birdwatching. Christmas was her favorite, and she loved holidays with her family. She cherished every moment spent watching her grandchildren play sports. Lola was a wonderful wife, mother and grandma full of love. Lola is survived by daughter, Susan (Russell) Zuege, of Marysville, MI; son, Steven Willert, of Williston, ND; grandchildren, Jennifer, Jade, Jaron (Ashley), Jalissa (fiancé, Zach Feece) Zuege; Michael (Nichole) Scheele, and Rhiannon Willert; great-grandchildren, Jaiden Zuege, Landon Zuege, Easton Zuege, Blake Lillian Zuege just born on June 14, 2025, Corbin and Peyton Scheele; brother, Jens (Alta Mae) Jensen; sister, Marie (Jon) Wissler; and numerous nieces and nephews. Lola was preceded in death by her husband, Ken Willert; her parents; daughter, Deborah and son-in-law, Rick Waitman and their son, Joshua in 1978; grandson, Jamin Zuege in 1982, and sister, Dorothy Bird.
Red ID: FND_I_79235 Image ID: 531298 Image Notes: FND001 271740

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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