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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271765
Title: Beverly Mittelstadt
Date: 7/24/1933-8/4/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 7/24/1933
Summary: Beverly Mittelstadt, 92, of Killdeer, ND, passed away August 4, 2025, at Hilltop Home of Comfort, Killdeer. Funeral Mass was held August 8, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Killdeer, with Father Joseph Evinger Celebrating. Burial was at Killdeer Cemetery. Beverly Mittelstadt was born on July 24, 1933, in Killdeer to Norval and Muriel Hartman. She was raised on a ranch near Grassy Butte, ND, where the values of hard work, humility, and quiet strength took root in her spirit. At the age of 40, Beverly underwent open-heart surgery during a time when such procedures were still new and uncertain. Doctors gave her five to seven years. She accepted that news not with fear, but with gratitude — thankful, she said, that her children would grow up and graduate. That was Beverly. Even in the face of hardship, she always thought of others first. But she didn’t just survive those predicted years — she lived more than five decades beyond them, each one filled with purpose. Beverly gave her time, her wisdom, and her heart to her community. She served on the local nursing home board, treasurer of Dunn County Red Cross and the literacy board, always contributing quietly, never seeking the spotlight — only the good of others. Later in life, as her health declined, Beverly’s character continued to shine. While she was in the hospital recovering from surgery, the local nursing home contacted the family — not to ask if they could help, but to say a bed had already been set aside for her. “Don’t worry about a thing,” they said. “We’ll take care of it.” That kind of gesture doesn’t come from luck. It comes from a lifetime of earned respect. Among the many people who loved Beverly, her nephew Ron and his wife Cindy held a very special place in her heart. Their presence, support, and care over the years brought her joy and comfort that words can’t fully describe. Beverly taught her family not just how to live — but how to carry themselves with dignity, to give without needing recognition, and to love without condition. Beverly may no longer walk this earth, but she will never leave our hearts. Her legacy lives on in every life she touched — and most deeply in those of us who were lucky enough to call her ours. Beverly is survived by her daughter, Denise Rambur; son, Myles (Pam) Mittelstadt; son-in-law, Vernon (Darlene) Judy; 7 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandson; and very special friends, Kathleen Stroh, Evelyn Stroh, and Angie Fettig. She was preceded in death by her parents, Norval (Muriel) Hartman; brother, Neale (Mary) Hartman; sisters, Darlene (Norbert) Schwahn and baby twin sister Shirley; son, Dan Mittelstadt; daughter, Patty Judy; grandson, David Judy; and granddaughter, Michelle Judy.
Red ID: FND_I_79260 Image ID: 537176 Image Notes: FND001 271765

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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