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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271914
Title: Elizabeth K. Lund
Date: 10/19/1925-10/29/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 10/19/1925
Summary: Elizabeth Kathrina "Liz" Lund, 100, of rural Fertile, MN, formerly of Tioga, ND, went to her heavenly home on October 29, 2025, with family by her side. Her Mass of Christian burial was held November 6, 2025, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Tioga. Burial was in United Cemetery, Tioga. Liz was born October 19, 1925 in Harvey, ND, to John and Marion Piatz. She grew up on the family farm near Fillmore, ND. After completing high school, she continued her education at Dakota Business College in Fargo, ND. While in Fargo she was employed at Gaffaney’s. On January 2, 1946 she married the love of her life, Kenneth Lund. They were married at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Knox, ND. They resided in Fillmore, Esmond, and Flaxton. In 1967 they moved to Tioga and made Tioga their home. Liz and Kenneth had a loving marriage for 65 years, and together raised six children. After Kenneth’s passing in 2011, she continued to live in their home until she was 95 years old. In March of 2021 she went to live with her daughter, Deborah, and son-in-law, Marvin, on their farm near Fertile. Liz was a homemaker and loved her calling. She was an excellent cook and baker and loved to feed people well. She also enjoyed her yard and took great pride tending to her flowers and vegetable garden until she was well into her 90s. Each fall she canned hundreds of jars of vegetables that she lovingly shared with family and friends. One of Liz’s joys was gathering around the kitchen table to play cards or games. Her favorite card game was pinochle, which she taught to all her children and most of her grandchildren. Another favorite was Aggravation, and oh how Grandma Lizzy loved to knock off the grandkids marbles and send them back to start. When she was with family you can bet there were lots of pinochle and Aggravation being played, along with lots of laughter! Liz enjoyed putting together jigsaw puzzles, reading, doing word search puzzles, and listening to country music. Her favorite artist was Alan Jackson. At the age of 85, her daughter Lilia took her to an Alan Jackson concert and she loved it. Liz was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and aunt. She will be dearly missed. She is survived by her six children, Deborah (Marvin) Gunderson of Fertile, MN, Kenneth (Arlene) Lund Jr. of Mandan, ND, Lilia (Bob) Waggoner of Williston, ND, Julie (Dennis) Jacobson of West Fargo, ND, Larry (Mary) Lund of San Marcos, TX, and Penny (Doug) Lalim of Williston, ND; 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, 13 great-great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Lund; her parents, John and Marion Piatz; sisters, Marion Walters, Lena Ganje, and Eva Piatz; mother-in-law, Minnie Lund; father-in-law, Alfred Lund; step-mother-in-law, Bertha Lund; brothers-in-law, Bill Walters, George Ganje, Percy Christensen, Lowell Simpson, Manvil Lund, Harris Lund, Julius Lund, Elvern Lund; sisters-in-law, Anna Christianson, Doris Simpson, Laura Lund.
Red ID: FND_I_79408 Image ID: 539225 Image Notes: FND001 271914

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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