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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271909
Title: Iola C. Rask
Date: 9/3/1931-10/31/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 9/3/1931
Summary: Iola Caroline (Neumiller) Rask, beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, was called home to the loving arms of our heavenly father on October 31, 2025, at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, ND. A funeral service was held November 4, 2025, at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Iola was born on September 3, 1931, in Heaton, ND. She was the 14th child of John and Elizabeth Neumiller’s 17 children and the 8th daughter. She was very proud of her family. Iola met her husband, Daryl Dean Rask, in Fessenden, ND, during a high school basketball game that he was playing in. Every time he made a pass in the game, he looked her way, and she was always smiling; it was love at first sight. They were married on June 15, 1952; their love story lasted for 73 years. They are the true definition of eternal love, for better or worse, for over 73 years. They adopted two children, Colleen Kaye Rask and Bruce John Rask. Daryl’s day job took the family all over the country, living in Huron, SD, Sioux Falls, SD, Mandan, ND, Fargo, ND, and Lawrence, KS. Mom had a choice where she'd like to spend their retirement. At first, they both agreed on Sioux Falls, SD, but as time grew closer, she wanted to come back to North Dakota and be around her remaining family. They moved to Carrington in 1993, where dad still remains in their home. Iola is the last sibling in the family at age 94; she joins her 16 brothers and sisters. Family reunions on this earth were full of love, laughter, and family; their reunion in heaven will be beyond anything we experienced here on earth. The Neumiller family is once again reunited with endless time and conversations, with no more goodbyes. She is survived by her loving husband, Daryl; her daughter, Colleen Rask; her son, Bruce; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Red ID: FND_I_79403 Image ID: 539220 Image Notes: FND001 271909

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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