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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271885
Title: Owen G. Kornkven
Date: 11/20/1936-12/15/2020
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Inscription/Marks: 11/20/1936
Summary: Owen Kornkven, 84, Lake Metigoshe, ND, died December 15, 2020, at a nursing home in Velva, ND. A private family graveside service was held. Burial was at the Mountain View Cemetery near Souris, ND. Owen Glenn Kornkven, a son of Nels and Ruth (Gravseth) Kornkven, was born on November 20, 1936, in Bottineau, ND. He graduated from Souris Public School in 1954 and then attended Wahpeton School of Science. He graduated in 1956 with a degree in sheet metal and plumbing. He was a master plumber and owned his own business, Owen’s Plumbing & Heating. Through the years he told many stories of all the places he had done the plumbing and heating. Owen and his Dad farmed alongside each other for many years and together in 1976 started Souris Farm Supply. In 1958 Owen took his first solo flight. He went on to get his commercial license in 1966 which enabled him to start Owen’s Aerial Spraying business. In 1995, he sent out notices that he was going to retire from spraying but it turned out to be a very wet year so he ended up spraying one more year which was his 35th year of spraying. Owen served for three years in the ND National Guard as a section sergeant. In 2015, after harvest was complete, Owen retired from farming at the age of 78. Owen married Geraldine (Jeri) Shank in 1958 and they had two daughters, Veronica and Pam. Their marriage later ended. In September 1984, he married Elizabeth Owens and they made their home at Lake Metigoshe. Owen was a member of Metigoshe Lutheran Church. In 2006 Owen and Elizabeth received the Bottineau County Agricultural Improvement Association award. For Owen, his work always came first and when that was done he loved to go hunting and fishing, which meant many trips to Canada. He enjoyed sharing his adventurous stories of those times. Sitting in the airplane was second nature to him. In the summertime, the Super Cub was turned into a float plane and brought up to the lake. He spent many hours giving rides to friends, family and even strangers that would pull up and ask for a ride. He was so proud to have passed on his love for flying to his daughter Pam and her three children. In April 2013, he was awarded the Wright Brothers “Master Pilot” award given for 50 years of dedicated service in aviation. Owen had a love for farming and John Deere equipment; most of his conversations with others was “farm talk.” Family was very important to Owen. His grandchildren were his pride and joy and when those great-grandchildren came along, he was in his glory whenever he was around them. Owen is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; daughters, Veronica (Larry) Christenson, Kramer, ND, Pam Kornkven, Lake Metigoshe; grandchildren, Cole (Cara) Christenson, West Fargo, ND, Kaela (Josh) Block, Minot, ND, Preston (Chelsea) Page, Mandan, ND, Tyson (Kenzie) Page, Minot, Whitney (Corey) Kolquist, Duluth, MN; great-grandchildren, Sloane Christenson, Audrina and Ava Block, Leo and Max Page, Corbin Page; step-children, Mickey (Susan) Freeman, Santa Cruz, CA, Susan (Bret) Forbes, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Carla (Ken) Berard, San Dimas, CA; step-grandchildren, Day Lynn (Joe) Luttrell, Kyle Forbes, Bryce (Katelyn) Forbes, Carly Forbes, Adam and Julia Berard; step-great- grandchildren, Harlow Luttrell, Nolan Forbes; siblings, Geraldine (Billy) Siercks, Donald (Kim) Kornkven, Dayton (Michelle) Kornkven; brother-in-law, Leon (Carol Joy) Richards; several nieces and nephews. Owen was preceded in death by his parents.
Red ID: FND_I_79380 Image ID: 538668 Image Notes: FND001 271885

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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