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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271889
Title: Joan D. Waagen
Date: 4/8/1940-12/26/2020
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 4/8/1940
Summary: Joan Darlene Waagen, 80, Bottineau, ND, passed away December 26, 2020, at Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND. A private service was held. Officiating at the service was Pastor Carol Wendell. Burial was at the Oak Creek Cemetery in Bottineau.  Joan Ellefson was born April 8, 1940, at Maddock Memorial Hospital in Maddock, ND, to Ingvald and Alma (Nelson) Ellefson. She attended school in Maddock, where she graduated from Benson County Agricultural and Training School in 1958. On February 21, 1960, she married Gordon Waagen at the North Viking Lutheran Church in Maddock. They made their home on the Waagen farm near Maddock where they raised small grain, dairy and beef cattle, and horses. They later sold the farm and moved to the foothills of the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau. She was an active, hard-working part of the ranch. When her children were grown, she would do home care for the elderly. She was a member of First Lutheran Church.   Joan was a kind, caring, giving and loving mother. She devoted her life to raising and loving her family. She loved her kids and their families so much. She enjoyed watching and being involved with each of her children and their families. She was ever so grateful that Sandy stayed and cared for her on the farm. She enjoyed playing games, particularly Scrabble and Yahtzee. She especially loved to watch rodeos and kept up on the bucking horses. She loved to watch Sunday afternoon NASCAR races. Her family and friends will always remember her for her kind heart and sweet smile. She enjoyed listening and watching church services from home when she could no longer attend in person. She was a sweet, kind, Jesus-loving mother.   Joan is survived by her daughter, Sandra Waagen, Bottineau; her son, Dave (Teri) Waagen of Huron, SD; her son Steve (Barb) Waagen, of Bottineau; and her daughter, Lori (Lynn) Nord, of Minot, ND; grandchildren, Nancy Stute, Dustin Monson, Patrick Monson, Ashley Waagen (Cody Songer), Josh Waagen, Tyler Nord, and Becca Nord; great-grandchildren, Adam Stute, Hannah Stute, Rylie Stute, and Tatum Songer; brother-in-law, Curt Ehnert, of Devils Lake, ND; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon; grandson, Wade Waagen; sisters Joyce Ellefson and Linda Ehnert.
Red ID: FND_I_79384 Image ID: 538724 Image Notes: FND001 271889

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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