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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271871
Title: Laura Jacobson
Date: 1/25/1961-9/24/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 1/25/1961
Summary: Laura Jacobson passed away on September 24, 2025. Private burial was at Dickinson Cemetery. Laura will have her ashes spread at the ranch along side her nephews and will have some of them interred with her parents at the Dickinson cemetery. Laura Jacobson was born on January 25, 1961, in Dickinson, ND, to Marjorie and Vernon Jacobson. Laura and her family lived in Dickinson, and spent weekends and summers at the ranch in rural Amidon, ND. Growing up, Laura enjoyed riding the 3-wheeler and she loved helping her mom in the kitchen with all the baking and cooking. After graduating high school she got a music degree at Concordia and studied teaching, before moving to Colorado where she worked until moving back to Dickinson to help care for her aging parents. After her parents passed, Laura returned to Colorado, where she lived for the remainder of her life. Laura passed away peacefully after complications associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Laura will always be remembered as the kind and caring daughter, sister, aunt, and friend that she was. May her soul rest in peace. Laura is survived by her three brothers, Loren (Kris), Larry, and Alan (Stephanie); her nephews, Matthew, Levi, and Ryan (Lynelle); and her special friend, DawnMarie Schwappach. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vern and Marjorie; and nephews, Justin and Casey.
Red ID: FND_I_79366 Image ID: 538536 Image Notes: FND001 271871

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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