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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271978
Title: JoAnne E. Garmann
Date: 1/5/1942-1/8/2026
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Inscription/Marks: 1/5/1942
Summary: JoAnne Evelyn Garmann, 84, of Watford City, ND, passed away at Sanford Medical Center in Bismarck, ND, on January 8, 2026, surrounded by her family and loved ones. A memorial service was held January 15, 2026, at Glory of the Lord Family Ministries Church in Watford City. In honor of JoAnne's wishes, a portion of her cremains were buried in the Schafer Cemetery in Watford City alongside her parents, and the other portion was buried at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, ND, alongside her husband. JoAnne was born on January 5, 1942, in Watford City, ND, to parents Lydia (Jore) and Adam Karpyak. JoAnne attended school in Watford City. During that time, she met the love of her life Dale, who was right across the street. It was love at first sight. When she was asked when Dale proposed to her, her reply was "practically two minutes after we met" and she laughed. On November 16, 1958, they married and started building their lives together. They raised five children, four boys and one girl. Joanne supported her husband and children at a level not many could keep up to. She was a homemaker and everything about her life was about family. Even though she was extremely busy with her family and home life, she also had many other jobs throughout her life. She delivered milk for the Watford City creamery, she worked at Carl's Bakery, and she babysat countless children. She sold Avon, Oysters with Pearls, and Mary Kay. She was a sucker for a vacuum salesman with a good pitch. She watched and helped raise her many grandchildren. She was always attending their school programs and activities and even helped pick them up from practices and drop offs in her big maroon Lincoln Continental which she loved to drive, and she had a lead foot. JoAnne loved to crochet and she taught some of her grandkids how to crochet. She also loved making tie blankets and at one time turned her living room into a tie blanket factory and made a tie blanket for everyone she knew! She also enjoyed gardening, canning and making jelly from the strawberries and raspberries she gathered from the huge patches she and Dale grew. She loved clothes and she LOVED shopping and while she shopped, she always stated, "Well I don't really need that...but..." Yep, she bought it anyway. She even loved shopping at Sam's Club even though she had a hard time walking. As soon as that shopping cart was in her hand, she was off like a rocket. Another favorite of JoAnne's was watching movies and recording every single one she watched. She had an impressive collection of VHS tapes at one point, before the DVR came along and man did she love that DVR technology! She also had an awesome collection of plants in the house which she loved and took great care of. They sure thrived in her house. JoAnne always had sweets in the house and the first thing offered was something to drink and eat when you arrived to visit. She loved strawberry smoothies and a good pretzel bite. We all will miss her homemade popcorn balls at Halloween. The one thing we will miss the most is her standing in the kitchen window waving goodbye whenever anyone left the house. We are sure JoAnne is now smiling and waving at us all from the window of Heaven. JoAnne is survived by her children, Kevin (Jean) Garmann of Bloomfield, MI, Wade (Rhonda) Garmann of Watford City, Cary (Darlene) Garmann of Watford City, Lori (Dan) English of Williston, ND, and Chad (Becky) Garmann of Watford City; grandchildren, Ashley (Jose) Gonzalez, Brianna Garmann, Brandi Garmann, Bailee (Devin) Knight, Dayton Connor, Casey Garmann, Kristi Garmann, Josh Garmann, Cole Garmann, Austin (Christin) Garmann, Destiny Regh, Dakota Garmann, Sierra (Jake) Shipp, Damien Liedtke, Heather Liedtke, Derek Liedtke, Karee Jo Garmann, Chris Doerfler and Stephanie Doerfler; and 38 great-grandchildren. JoAnne is also survived by siblings, Joe Karpyak of Wenden, AZ, and Bryon Karpyak of Watford City, and numerous nieces and nephews. JoAnne was preceded in death by her husband Dale; her parents, Adam and Lydia; siblings, Myrna, Dale and Steve.
Red ID: FND_I_79473 Image ID: 547146 Image Notes: FND001 271978

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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