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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271814
Title: Agnes R. Stewart
Date: 10/21/1925-6/5/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 10/21/1925
Summary: Agnes Stewart, 94, of Zahl, ND, passed away Friday morning, June 5, 2020 at the Trinity Nursing Home in Minot, ND. Her Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated June 15, 2020, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Grenora, ND. Father Joseph Evinger officiated, and interment followed in the Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Cemetery, Hanks, ND Agnes R. Stewart was born, October 21, 1925, in Hanks, ND, to Francis and Cornelia (Bruning) Murphy. Agnes attended school in Hanks, graduating in 1944. While in high school she played basketball for the Hanks Scorios and with her teammates participated in the ND High School State Basketball Tournament. After graduation she moved to CA where she worked at North American Aircraft. She returned to Hanks in the fall of 1945. In 1948 she moved to Fort Wayne, IN returning to Hanks in 1949. She met George Stewart at a local dance hall in Zahl. Agnes and George were married on October 28, 1950, at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Hanks, ND. Throughout the years, dancing continued to be a favorite past time for George and Agnes. They also enjoyed attending fiddlers’ jamborees. They moved to the Sigurd Lunde farm where they began farming and then bought several years later. There they raised their six children. Agnes remained on the family farm after George’s death until moving to Minot in the fall of 2019. Agnes was an active member of St. Boniface Alter Society and Homemakers’ Club. She also enjoyed ceramics at the neighbor’s. After raising most of her children she enjoyed bowling in Grenora. In 1989 she again showed her athletic talent along with her teammates by winning the Championship at the Women’s International Bowling tournament. She always made her family a priority growing a large garden and canning to feed her growing children. She attended their many school and sporting events. She enjoyed cooking and baking many treats. She always made sure to have her grandchildren’s favorite baked goods waiting for them when they visited. Agnes always made sure the men working the farm were well fed. She served many meals in the field, especially during harvest. She enjoyed traveling to visit family and friends. Agnes is survived by her son and 5 daughters; Frances Grindeland and her husband Rich of Plentywood, MT and their daughter Jodi (Sean) Passler; Geraldine Stewart of Minot, ND; Michael Stewart and his wife Ardis of rural Zahl, her daughter Whitney (Mike) Montonye; Kathleen Sivertson and Doug Dahlien of Minot, ND and her daughters Kristy (Josh) Gessner and McKenzie Sivertson; Lauretta Anderson and her husband Jeff of Northfield, MN and their children Kirsten and Aaron; Peggy Stauffer and her husband Ken of Williston and Zahl and their children Cody, Danielle and Jordan, nine great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, several nieces and nephews. Agnes was the last surviving member of the Murphy clan. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, brothers Patrick, Francis, Bernard, Raymond and John, her sisters Bernice Hollarn and Margaret Sollom, and grandchildren Amber Grindeland and infant Kelly Sivertson.
Red ID: FND_I_79309 Image ID: 537974 Image Notes: FND001 271814

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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