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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271873
Title: Agnes O. Kelly
Date: 1/27/1962-9/30/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 1/27/1962
Summary: Agnes Kelly, 99, of Dickinson, ND, passed away September 30, 2025, at St. Lukes Nursing Home in Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held October 8, 2025, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richardton, ND. Burial was in the Abbey Cemetery. Agnes Volk was born January 27, 1926, to Walter and Elizabeth (Merck) Volk at Rugby, ND. She attended country school, graduating from high school at Mount Saint Benedict Academy at Crookston, MN. She received her bachelor of science degree in education from Vitter College in La Crosse, WI. Agnes taught in grade schools staffed by Benedictine Sisters in Minnesota, Texas, and North Dakota. Agnes married Jerry Kelly at Little Flower Church in Rugby, ND, on September 6, 1980. Together they made their home in Richardton, and in 1994 they moved to Subico Manor in Dickinson. After retiring, she continued to support Catholic education by volunteering her time and talents. She also volunteered her time through the RSVP program for Community Volunteer projects. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, member of Legion of Mary, an associate at Sacred Heart Monastery in Richardton, a hospice volunteer, and she visited the area residents in the nursing homes. Agnes was very active in the local Catholic churches. Agnes moved into Evergreen in 2016. Agnes is survived by her two sisters, Theresa Paul, Rugby, ND, and Janice Schmidt, San Jacinto, CA; brothers, Virgil Volk, Tigard, OR, and LeRoy Volk, Hemet, CA; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her parents, Walter and Elizabeth; husband, Jerry; sisters, Marie Hertz, Elizabeth Busch Thompson and infant sister, Regina; brothers, Edward, Herman, Jerome, Lawrence Volk, and Casper Volk.
Red ID: FND_I_79368 Image ID: 538538 Image Notes: FND001 271873

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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