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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271919
Title: John A. Thomas
Date: 2/15/1974-12/5/2020
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/15/1974
Summary: John A. Thomas, Carrington, ND, passed away at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND, December 5, 2020, at the age of 46 years old. Mass of Christian burial was held December 15, 2020, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. John Alexander Thomas was born February 15, 1974, in Bellingham, Whatcom County, WA, to Mickey L. and Cordelia E. (London) Thomas.  He was raised by his grandmother until he reached school age at which time he entered the foster care system.  John graduated from high school in 1993 and attended Job Corps for a time.  He moved to North Dakota in 2001 and resided in Mandan, Bismarck, and Dunseith.  Faith was important to John in his adult life.  He was baptized in 2010 at Missouri River Church of Acts in Mandan and received his First Communion at St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Dunseith, in 2012.  He moved to Carrington in 2014 and began attending 4th Corporation where he worked various job crews in the community.  He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Carrington.  John was a dreamer and an “idea man.”  He advocated for the homeless by making sleeping mats and working on food drives.  He enjoyed spending time with his fiancé, Roxane Heck, going out to eat, to the movies and to play BINGO.  He also enjoyed swimming, walks, and playing games on his iPad. John is survived by his fiancée, Roxane Heck of New Rockford, and his friends and staff at 4th Corporation, which were his family. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. Blessed be his memory.
Red ID: FND_I_79413 Image ID: 539973 Image Notes: FND001 271919

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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