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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271761
Title: Monica Wanner
Date: 1/10/1937-7/20/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 1/10/1937
Summary: Monica Wanner, 88, of Dickinson, ND, passed away July 20, 2025, at CHI St. Alexius, Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held July 24, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dickinson with Father Justin Waltz celebrating. Burial was in the St. Pius Cemetery. Monica Godlevsky was born January 10, 1937, in Dunn County, the daughter of Stanley and Anna (Roller) Godlevsky. She grew up and went to a country school in Dunn County before she moved to Dickinson with her parents. She worked at St. Joseph Hospital as a certified nurse’s aide for two years and then went to St. Joseph’s School of Practical Nursing and graduated in 1956 as an LPN. She continued to work at St. Joseph Hospital for three more years as a nurse. On June 23, 1959, Monica and Maynard Wanner were united in marriage at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Dickinson. To this union, three children were born, Mitchell, Myles and Mischelle. Together, they moved to the family farm, 18 miles southwest of Dickinson. They farmed, ranched and milked dairy cows. After retiring from the dairy business, Monica regained her nursing license and worked as a LPN at St. Benedict’s Nursing Home from 1996 to 2010. She believed in health care and was a donor, donating over 15 gallons of blood. Monica enjoyed the baby dairy calves, gardening and growing her flowers. She and Maynard loved to square dance. She also enjoyed trips in the states, including Hawaii, Branson, MO, and Canada. Monica was a member of St. Joseph’s Christian Mothers and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and a member and past president of St. Pius Altar Guild. Monica is survived by her children, Mischelle (Jerry) Rebel, of New England, Mitchell Wanner, of Dickinson; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren; sisters, Loretta (Albert) Degele, of Fergus Falls, MN; sister-in-law, Leona Godlevsky of Dickinson. She was preceded in death by her parents, Stanley and Anna Godlevsky; husband, Maynard; son, Myles; grandson, Jess Rebel; brothers, Charlie, Edmond, Albert Godlevsky and David Godlevsky; sisters, Gertrude Zimmerman, Dorothy (Jack) Herold; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Arnold and Delores Wanner, Nick and Terry Wanner, Otto Hibl, Veronica Wanner.
Red ID: FND_I_79256 Image ID: 537171 Image Notes: FND001 271761

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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