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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271758
Title: Stephen Larson
Date: 11/8/1963-8/27/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 11/8/1963
Summary: Stephen Larson passed away on August 27, 2025, at the age of 61, in Williston, ND, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Funeral Mass was held September 4, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston. He was laid to rest at Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Steve was born in Missoula, MT, on November 8, 1963, and was then adopted by Tom and Bernie Larson, who lived in Miles City, MT. He attended Sacred Heart high school, and during this time he began to find his love of cars, especially Ford Mustangs and Broncos. After high school, Steve attended college in both Bozeman, MT, and Bismarck, ND, and later found his way to his favorite place on earth, West Yellowstone, MT. He held a few jobs that he loved while in West Yellowstone, most notably working for Polaris, and eventually working the last 23 years for Energy West, supplying natural gas to the community. While in West Yellowstone, he continued to pursue his passions, the love of working on and collecting cars, hunting, and spending time in the mountains, as well as serving the community. He was most passionate about his love of Ford Broncos, restoring a 1967 model and buying his prized possession, a 2021 Ford Bronco Sasquatch edition. He spent countless hours with his Ford Bronco Club and went by the moniker "Day Drinking Daryl" and always had a Sasquatch stuffed animal with him during his various adventures. He was also very passionate about supporting military veterans and helping the Montana Veterans Meat Locker and their efforts to support those in need, and to just say thank you for serving their country. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Bill and Kay Jacobs, their son, Tony Jacobs, all of Williston; Mike and Lennie Larson, of Denver, CO; and many cousins. Steve was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Bernie Larson; his grandparents, Dominik and Sophie Chewerda, and Harvey and Mae Larson; and most recently by his uncle, Roger Chewerda, and his uncle and aunt, Jim and Kathy Phillips.
Red ID: FND_I_79253 Image ID: 536717 Image Notes: FND001 271758

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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