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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271987
Title: Victor L. Gegelman
Date: 2/13/1940-3/7/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/13/1940
Summary: Victor L. Gegelman, 81, Dickinson, ND, passed away March 7, 2021, at his home in Dickinson. Funeral services were held March 12, 2021, at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson, with Pastor Michael Walters officiating. Burial was at Halliday Cemetery. Victor loved life, his family, and the Lord. He was born February 13, 1940 to Lydia (Stern) and Albert Gegelman. He graduated from the Halliday high school in 1959 and thereafter studied mechanics at the North Dakota State College of Science. Victor met Amy Leintz in high school where he asked her to the prom. In 1962 they were married in Halliday at St. Paul’s Catholic Church. They made their home in Halliday where Victor worked as an implement dealer mechanic. They moved to Bismarck, ND where Victor took a job with Readinger Motors. In 1969 they moved to Dickinson where Victor worked at Queen City Motors, eventually working for Chevron. He retired in the oilfield as a mechanic for Gulf & PetroHunt. Throughout his life he spent his time farming, spending time with family, camping, hunting, gardening and doing carpentry. Victor could build anything and fix anything. He built and enjoyed their family homes in Dickinson and Halliday. He was a Jack and master of all trades. He even built a skating rink in the backyard for his children and later his grandchildren. Vic always had a smile on his face. He enjoyed late night peanut butter sandwiches and bowls of ice cream with his grandchildren. He loved playing cards, especially pinochle, and late night Bible studies with the family.  Victor loved the Lord, reading God’s word, and sharing God’s word with others. If you knew Vic, you knew he loved the Lord, and enjoyed preaching at church or in person. He had an adventurous spirit. He was always ready for adventure and fun with his family and grandchildren, and enjoyed many family vacations in the Black Hills and in Florida. Vic was a very honorable man. He always took the high road. He was a servant leader – always helping others. Vic was a very compassionate, kind man. Victor is survived by his wife, Amy; children, Michael (Crystal) Gegelman, Concord, NC, Jerome (Kendra) Gegelman, Midland, TX, and Renee (Bo) Roberts, Sioux Falls, SD; grandchildren, Rachael Roberts, Christopher (Jasmine) Roberts, Shawn Roberts, Jonathan (Charis) Gegelman, Nichole (Cameron Berg, Fiancee), Christian (Katie) Gegelman, Jordan (Samuel Higgins-Fiancee); great-grandchildren, Jadalynn, Carson, and Chole; and brother, Roger Gegelman, Dickinson. Victor was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Lydia.
Red ID: FND_I_79482 Image ID: 547506 Image Notes: FND001 271987

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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