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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271780
Title: Tracy D. Solwey
Date: 9/24/1974-9/20/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 9/24/1974
Summary: Tracy Dawn Solwey, 50, of St. Michael, ND, passed away at her home on September 20, 2025. A Celebration of Life was held September 25, 2025, at St. Michael Tek. Center, St. Michael. Tracy Dawn was born to Wayne and Marsha Solwey on September 24, 1974. She was welcomed home by her older sister, Tina. Five years later she was able to greet her one and only brother, Scott. Just 360 days later her twin sisters, Nicole and Jennifer were born. When coming home from the hospital with the twins, Tracy said, “darn we forgot Scott” who went with his grandparents. Tracy attended Warwick Public School through her elementary years. She started to attend Devils Lake Public School in 8th grade, and she graduated in 1993 from Devils Lake. After graduating high school, she met Kelly Mack, and they welcomed two sons Chance Michael and Holden James, into their family. They established their home in Warwick, ND, with her brother Scott. They divorced in 2001. In 2003 Tracy met Bruce Lauinger and they welcomed her baby girl, Jade Alexis, in 2005. In 2025 she married her now husband, David Decory. In 1993 Tracy started an in-home daycare for five years. 2001 she started at the Heartland Daycare as opener and daycare cook for 23 years; 2015 also was a full-time universal worker, and in 2022 Tracy got her CNA alongside her daughter Jade. In 2023 she resigned from Heartland and started at Cankdeska Cikana HeadStart as the head cook. While her time there was short, she enjoyed being around all the littles, especially her great-nieces and nephew who also attended there. They were the apple of her eye and brought a smile to her face. In 2025 Tracy graduated from Cankdeska Cikana Community College with her ECE degree. After graduating she enrolled at Mayville State University to continue her ECE degree, completing one semester. Her cooking will be missed. Christmas games won’t be the same, as her family cannot follow directions at all, an ear to lend and a laugh to share. Her heart of gold will be missed by those that love her dearly. A special bond between nieces and nephew will be remembered. In 2019 Tracy was diagnosed with cancer. She fought for 6 years. During her first year of cancer her nephew Wyatt would tell her “I got you from here, Aunty!” Tracy lost her late-night gamer, midnight talker, and movie watcher on August 31, 2020. Tracy got to travel throughout her life to many states. Through her travels she formed a special bond with some of her long-lost cousins, Kim and Gwen. They all had tricks up their sleeves when it came to their uncle Bob. Whether it was sending pictures of themselves on a pair of pants, or sending him shirts with funny quotes, to Tracy sending Bob a bunch of mall squirrels for him to cherish forever. Tracy Dawn is survived by her children, Chance and Holden Mack, Jade (Brandon Windjue) Lauinger; husband, David Decory; parents, Wayne and Marsha (Pullen) Solwey; sisters, Tina (Jeremy) Ploium, Nicole (Michael Leaf) Solwey, Jennifer (Jeremy) Devier; her only brother, for she was his rock, Scott (Jordan) Solwey; nieces, Tiffany and Shayna (Jaylan Black) Ross, Chantel (Rece) Jetty, Zoee (Dayton Lunak), Eliza, and Piper Devier, DaNesha (Jeremiah Patterson) Leaf, Linsey (Jackson Delorme) Desjarlais, Sydney Nelson, and Brinzley and Maizlee Solwey; nephews, Kaiden Ross, O’Shea (Danyel) Redfox, Tyrese (Amanda) and Tristen Leaf, Blair (Jaci) and Coby Roemmich, Austin and Braxton Devier; along with many great-nieces and nephews; special uncle, HANK; special friends, Ashley and Matt Franzen; several aunts and uncles and cousins; and her fur baby, Angel. She was preceded in death by John and Irene Solwey, Vernal and Margery Pullen, Aunt and Uncle Bonnie and Butch Ollila, Uncle Rodney Pullen, a special nephew Wyatt Max Ross, and her fur babies, Princess and Simba.
Red ID: FND_I_79275 Image ID: 537299 Image Notes: FND001 271780

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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