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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271917
Title: Consuelo "Connie" Serna
Date: 2/14/1930-1/17/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/14/1930
Summary: Consuelo “Connie” Serna, 90, Ross, ND, passed away, January 17, 2021, at the Mountrail Bethel Home in Stanley, ND. Her funeral service was held January 21, 2021, at Springan Stevenson Funeral Home Chapel in Stanley. Pastor Jesse Barlow officiated and interment was at Fairview Cemetery in Stanley. Consuelo “Connie” Serna was born to Felipe and Raquel Sandoval in San Ysidro, NM, February 14, 1930.  Connie was the second born of 12 children.  She met the love of her life in Grants, NM, Louie Serna, who was her companion for 67 years.  She had one daughter, Joanne Lapica, who was the love of her life.  Joanne was her parents’ caregiver for many years. Connie had a huge hand in helping raise her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved attending church and had such a great love for God.   Connie was a school teacher for many years and touched the lives of many Native American youth.  Later she and Louie purchased and operated the Grants Laundromat, where they catered to the Native American communities that they loved so much. Connie touched the lives of everyone she met.  Her beautiful smile, contagious laugh and kind heart will be greatly missed.  Connie is survived by daughter, Joanne (Kevin) Lapica, Ross; grandchildren, Kristy Chamberlain, Albuquerque, NM, Tyrell (Tiffany) Thiessen, Stanley, Brittany Thiessen, Albuquerque, and Dalton Rodin, Marion, ND; great-grandchildren, Serena Serna, Dallas, TX, Sergeant Mariah Serna, Bismarck, ND, Chance Chamberlain, Grants, Chloe, Auron, Celeste and Gwendolyn Hunter, Grants; niece, Cecile (Danny) Almanza whom they raised;  four siblings, Sisto (Pat) Sandoval, Lake Havasu City, AZ, Dolores (Eliseo) Gonzales, of Camp Verde, AZ, Edward (Pamela) Sandoval and Shirley Avila, both of Denver, CO. Connie was preceded in death by her husband, Louie Serna; her parents, Felipe and Raquel Sandoval; brothers and sisters, Valerio, Margaret, Gilbert, George, Sister Lydia, Eugene and Sister Mary Ann.
Red ID: FND_I_79411 Image ID: 539971 Image Notes: FND001 271917

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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