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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271840
Title: Arden E. Nygaard
Date: 4/28/1925-10/18/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 4/28/1925
Summary: Arden E. Nygaard, 95, Fargo, ND, formerly of New Rockford, was called to his heavenly home on October 18, 2020. Funeral Service was Saturday, October 24, 2020, at 1:00PM at St. John’s Catholic Church, New Rockford. Burial was at the St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, New Rockford. Arden Emil Nygaard was born April 28, 1925 in Barlow, ND, to Emil and Anna Christine (Johanesen) Nygaard.  His mother died when he was one year old, and was raised by Tom and Hilda Gedrose. He joined the US Navy during World War II, serving in Guam. He married Mary Jane Satterlund on September 26, 1947, in New Rockford, where they lived and raised 12 children. He worked for Ford, Archie Campbell Construction, Great Northern Railroad and Fisher Sand and Gravel. After retirement, they moved to Jamestown and to Fargo in 2005. Family was his priority. He was a kind, gentle man who always looked at the bright side of life. His favorite pastime was building birdhouses, benches, and cedar chests in his shop at Michael’s, where he resided. He remains a member of the American Legion, VFW, Knights of Columbus, and a charter member of the New Rockford Eagles. Arden is survived by his sons, Alan (Mary) Nygaard, Syracuse, NE, Michael (Marsha) Nygaard, Fargo, Lyle (Heather) Nygaard, Gillette, WY, Tom (Kristen) Nygaard, Firestone, CO, and Daryl (Angie) Nygaard, Austin, TX, his daughters, Diane Hendrickson, Bismarck, Chris (Ray) Mering, Jamestown, and Jean (Mike) Fisher, Fargo, also 45 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jane, sons, Arden Charles, Duane, Bruce, and Gary, daughter, Audrey, grandson Josh, brothers, Stanley and John and sister, Anna Stedman.
Red ID: FND_I_79335 Image ID: 538039 Image Notes: FND001 271840

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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