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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271789
Title: Kimberlyn "Kim" A. Getzlaff-Aho
Date: 3/28/1963-5/15/2019
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Inscription/Marks: 3/28/1963
Summary: Kimberlyn Annette Getzlaff-Aho (Kim), Stanley, ND, passed away at Trinity hospital in Minot, ND on Wednesday May 15, 2019 in the company of her husband. Her funeral service will be held at 2pm on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at Belden Apostolic Lutheran Church in Beldon, ND. Burial will be in Belden Finnish Cemetery, Belden, ND. Kim was born in Rugby, ND on March 28, 1963 to parents Carol Engebrit and Kenneth Getzlaff. She grew up with a large family of eight. As a child, Kim liked to spend time at her grandparents’ farm, along with her siblings. Kim graduated from Rugby High School in 1981, and then went on to attend college for two years. It was when she had her first child that her true life’s calling was found. She was a wonderful mother to three beautiful children. The truth is she was a mother to anyone who needed it. Kim was the type of person to do anything for anyone, even at the cost of her own suffering. Though her children are now grown, she has remained an active mother in their lives. The job of a Mother truly never ends. In 2012, Kim reconnected with an old friend, Joe Aho, and their relationship eventually blossomed into marriage in 2013. Kim and Joe have lived together in Stanley, ND ever since; bonding over God, politics and weather. Kim enjoyed tending to her plants. Every year she looked forward to planting a garden and flowers. She was truly at her happiest when surrounded by her family; with a cold Coca-Cola and cheese stick. Kim is preceded in death by her mother Carol Engebrit, step-father Pete Bachmeier, grandmother LoVilah Engeland, grandfather Bjarne Engeland, and mother-in-law Audrey Jones. Kim is survived by her husband, Joe Aho; her children, Tyler Getzlaff (Stephanie), Brandon Getzlaff and Desiree Wangrud (Andrew); her grandchildren, Courtney Getzlaff, Aiden Getzlaff, Abel Wiedmer, and Paisley Wiedmer; her step-daughters, Shae Aho (Norman) and Elizabeth Aho; her siblings, Ken Getzlaff, Corinna Schultz, Charlene Axtman, Karol Getzlaff and Shannon Hanson, along with their children and grandchildren, as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Red ID: FND_I_79284 Image ID: 537804 Image Notes: FND001 271789

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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