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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272003
Title: Madge A. Meisel
Date: 2/23/1936-3/27/2021
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Inscription/Marks: 2/23/1936
Summary: Madge Amanda Meisel, 85, Williston, ND, and recently Owensville, MO, passed away March 27, 2021. Her memorial service was held May 29, 2021, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston. Inurnment was at Hillside Memory Gardens in Williston. Madge Dubout was born February 23, 1936, in Grand Forks, ND, to Paul and LaRaine Dubourt. She grew up in and around the Grand Forks area. She graduated from St. James High School in Grand Forks and went on to get her nursing license from St. Michael’s Nursing School in Grand Forks. Madge married George Meisel at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grand Forks September 2, 1957. They moved to Williston in 1959 where she worked as an RN at Mercy Hospital for 35 years. She and George briefly worked as, and taught, EMTs. Madge coordinated numerous local blood drives. She very proudly earned her Bachelor of Nursing degree from University of Mary in 1984. Her love of the profession led her to establish and teach the Health Careers class at Williston High School for 20 years and nursing classes at Williston State College for three years. Madge remained a caregiver at heart, always caring for someone or volunteering somewhere. She was a proud member of the Catholic Daughters, serving in a leadership position for years. She loved organizing their events as well as other events to gather friends or family. Madge loved gardening, spending endless hours in her expansive and beautiful flower and vegetable gardens. She also loved feeding and watching birds, becoming quite an amateur expert. Madge loved traveling with George and the kids and later with her sisters and friends. Those left to treasure her memory are her children, Marge Kunik (Bill), of Lakeville, MN, Kathie Runge (Kevin), of Belle, MO, Joseph, of Williston and Anne, of rural Minot; her grandchildren, Katie Cobb (Dustin), Erinn Kunik (Wade Aitken-Palmer), Lewis Kunik, Matt Schlemper, Jessica Robeson (Lee), and Jonathan Schlemper (Lindsey); her great-grandchildren, Jordyn Julian, Waylon Schlemper and Wayne Schlemper; her siblings, Laddie Oster, Polly Kegler (Dennis), Marcello Dubourt, Patrick DuBourt and Chuck Dubourt; in-laws, Martin Meisel, Emily Meisel, Jim Meisel (Carolyn) and Polly West; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Madge was preceded in death by her husband, George; parents, Paul and LaRaine; twin sister, Margery who died as a young child; father-in-law, Lewis Meisel; mother-in-law, Pauline Meisel; son, Paul Meisel; son-in-law, Dave Schlemper; brothers-in-law, Carl Meisel, Bob (Virginia) Meisel, Shorty Hansen (Mary) and Mike West (Polly); sisters-in-law, Mary (Shorty) Hansen and Frances (Martin) Meisel.
Red ID: FND_I_79498 Image ID: 547546 Image Notes: FND001 272003

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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