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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271754
Title: Phylis A. Hystad
Date: 7/14/1928-9/2/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 7/14/1928
Summary: Phylis Adeline Hystad, 97, passed away peacefully on September 2, 2025, at the Good Shepherd Nursing Home in Watford City, ND. Funeral services for Phylis were held September 22, 2025, at the McKenzie County Ag Expo Building in Watford City, with burial at the Schafer Cemetery in Watford City. Phylis was born on July 14, 1928, to Harold and Elsie (Gessner) Lynner in Watford City. She attended grade school at Zoar and graduated high school in Arnegard. After graduating, Phylis continued her education at Minot Teachers College, receiving her teacher certificate. On June 20, 1948, Phylis married Dallas Hystad at the Zoar church. She taught in rural schools for several years, then dedicated her life to her family and helping on the farm and ranch. She worked for the USDA as a farm statistician, visiting farmers and making friends all over northwestern North Dakota. She was an active 4-H leader, during which time she coached and corrected her children and grandchildren, making them do and redo things until they were up to her standards. Phylis put together the McKenzie County Cemetery book called the “Final Resting Place.” She spent many hours, and put on many miles visiting churches, funeral homes, and cemeteries, finding graves and death records. The proceeds from her efforts went to purchasing and placing markers on all known graves. Phylis was an avid quilter, making quilts for her family, shopping all the fabric stores, and collecting old clothing to be used in quilts for the Arnegard Church Quilters, and later the Methodist Quilters, while living in Briarwood in Williston, ND. If you traveled with her, you were sure to learn who used to live where, who their family was, who their children married and where they live now, or where they are buried. She was a virtual encyclopedia of people from northwest North Dakota. Phylis is survived by her sisters, Maxine and Eunice; sons, Roger (Chris), Darrell (Deb), Craig (Lona); grandchildren, Shawn, Cameron, Cassie, Casey, Caydee, Charlie, Darcie, Darla, Jesse, Luke, and Brandi; along with numerous great-grandchildren, and three great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dallas; sons, Lloyd and Calvin; parents, Harold and Elsie; and siblings, Duane, Gladys, and Marjorie.
Red ID: FND_I_79249 Image ID: 536713 Image Notes: FND001 271754

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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