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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271933
Title: Wayne J. Schiwal
Date: 6/13/1955-11/11/2025
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 6/13/1955
Summary: Wayne Schiwal, 70, of Dickinson, ND, passed away November 11, 2025, at his home in Dickinson. Funeral Mass was held November 20, 2025, at St. Wenceslaus Church. Burial was in the church cemetery. Wayne Joseph Schiwal was born in Dickinson on June 13, 1955, to Anton and Martha (Roller) Schiwal. He attended school in Baker, MT, as well as Dickinson and Mott. Wayne was a creator, often building things or figuring out how things were made. He enjoyed his job at the Ford Motor Company in Mott, and attended a Work Program at ABLE, Inc. Wayne moved into his ABLE, Inc. home in January of 2013. Wayne enjoyed watching classic shows like Gunsmoke, Bonanza, or the Andy Griffith Show. He also created many Lego projects and took great pride in caring for his fish tank. Wayne was a deeply faithful person, calling on prayers to give him strength and courage. Over the last few months, Wayne went on trips and fulfilled many of the things on his bucket list with his staff at his home. While his mother was alive, Wayne enjoyed phone calls and visits to Evergreen. He spoke of looking forward to reuniting with his mother for the holidays in heaven. Wayne is survived by his brothers, Howard (Faye) Schiwal, Robert (Linda) Schiwal, and Kenneth Schiwal, nieces and nephews, and his ABLE family. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sibling.
Red ID: FND_I_79427 Image ID: 540182 Image Notes: FND001 271933

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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