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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271989
Title: Ruth E. Stensaker
Date: 3/28/1953-5/19/2021
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 3/28/1953
Summary: Ruth Stensaker, 68, of Williston, passed away at the Trinity Hospital in Minot on Wednesday morning, May 19, 2021. In keeping with Ruth’s wishes, cremation took place and no services were held. Interment took place in Riverview Cemetery in Williston on top of her son, Steven’s grave at a later date. Ruth Ellen Stensaker was born on March 28, 1953, to Richard and Evelyn (Gardner) Poole in Wheelock, North Dakota. She was raised and educated in Williston, North Dakota. She enjoyed fishing, hunting and camping with her family. Ruth is survived by her sons, Richard, David, and Ryan Stensaker; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and two sisters, Elizabeth Stoner and Linda Cotton. She is preceded in death by her son Steven Stensaker; her parents, Richard and Evelyn Poole; grandmother, Florence Hetland; grandson, Bryce Cotton; sisters, Dolores, Dorothy, Agnes, and Shirley.
Red ID: FND_I_79484 Image ID: 547510 Image Notes: FND001 271989

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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