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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271763
Title: Jim Lee Ozbun
Date: 9/3/1936-8/3/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 9/3/1936
Summary: Jim Lee Ozbun, 88, of Dickinson, ND, passed away August 3, 2025, at CHI St. Alexius Bismarck, ND. A funeral service fwas held August 9, 2025, at St. John Lutheran Church, Dickinson, with Pastor Lisa Lewton and Mary Wiggins officiating. Burial was in the Fair Hill Cemetery, Flasher, ND. Jim Lee Ozbun was born September 3, 1936, in Carson, ND, the son of Harold and Helen (Massey) Ozbun. He grew up on a farm in western North Dakota. He obtained his B.S. and M.S. degrees from North Dakota State University, and his Ph.D in Soils and Plant Physiology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. He served on the faculty and in various leadership positions at Cornell University, the University of Minnesota, Kansas State University, Washington State University and as president of North Dakota State University. He retired as president emeritus from NDSU in 1995 and purchased a small cattle ranch in western North Dakota, where he raised registered Hereford cattle and registered Quarter horses. Jim’s research and teaching were primarily related to physiology and nutrition of crop plants. He advised numerous graduate students including ten Ph.D dissertations. He has more that 50 scientific journal publications and extensive international experience and consulting, including time in China, Morocco, Jordan, the Sudan and Columbia. Jim served on numerous boards and committees during his professional career in higher education. Since retiring from NDSU Jim also served as interim president at Dickinson State University in 2015. His other activities have included: Boy Scouts of America-Committee Membership, Fund Drives, District Director, 1999-2000; Rotary International Committee Chair, Rotary Club President, Assistant Governor, District Governor 2007-2008; Medora Foundation Board from 1996-2002; St. Joseph’s Hospital Board from 1996-2005, Chair of Board from 1997-2005; St. Joseph Hospital Foundation from 2005; St. John Lutheran Church Council from 2000-2004; Partners for Grassland Stewardship from 1999 to present; Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation- Local Committee; St. Luke’s Nursing Home Board and Foundation from 2004 to present. He has done consulting for Ohio State University-1997 and Auburn University-1999. His recognitions include Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary; James West Fellowship Award from Boy Scouts of America; Volunteer of the Year from Dickinson Chamber of Commerce and Philanthropist of the Year from Dickinson Chamber of Commerce. Jim is survived by his children, Terry (Patty McCauley) Ozbun, Fairview, OR, Karen (Phillip) Farrington, Harvest, AL; grandchildren, Hannah Ozbun, Seth (Susan) Farrington, Caleb (Sam) Farrington, Joshua (Sarah) Farrington, Samantha (Anthony) Webb, and Rose (Ben) Ewing. He was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Sonja; both of his parents; sister, Carley Wright; brothers, Larry and Ronnie.
Red ID: FND_I_79258 Image ID: 537173 Image Notes: FND001 271763

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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