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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272068
Title: Richard W. Kloubec
Date: 2/2/1931-6/7/2023
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 2/2/1931
Summary: Richard William Kloubec passed away June 7, 2023.The funeral was held June 21, 2023, at the First Presbyterian Church in Fargo, ND. Richard William Kloubec was born February 2, 1931, in Fargo, ND, to William and Vera (Pomeroy) Kloubec. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1948. He graduated from North Dakota State University in 1952. He was a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity. He served in the US Military during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954, where he was stationed in Tokyo, Japan. Richard married Audrey Puckering on June 20, 1958. After his military service, he worked as a grain broker for General Mills in Minneapolis, MN. In 1963, he founded and became the president of Duo-Fast Dakota, Inc., a construction tools and equipment distributor based in Fargo. He also did business in real estate and sheep ranching. He served as president of the Rotary Club, and was involved with other organizations such as the American Legion, Shriners, Masons, YMCA, the Audubon Society, F-M omebuilders, and the Greater North Dakota Association (GNDA). He was also a member of the North Dakota State University Development Foundation Board of Directors. He was elected to the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1973 and served until 1993. He served as chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. He was on the Industry, Business and Labor Committee, the Audit Committee, and the Republican House Policy Committee. He was the House Majority Leader in the 1989 and 1991 legislative sessions and served a term as Speaker of the House in the 1987 session. In 2007, he was appointed by Governor John Hoeven to the State Historical Board, which oversees the operations of the state’s history agency, the State Historical Society of North Dakota. He also represented North Dakota on the Western States Energy Forum, the Five Star Water Committee, and the National Conference of State Legislators. Richard was a lifelong and active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Fargo, ND. He was an Eagle Scout. He served on the Board of Directors of the Fargo Central High School Alumni Association for many years. He enjoyed travel, reading, life-long learning, farming, raising sheep, and spending time with his family at the cottage he and his parents built on Little Detroit Lake in 1941. Richard is survived by his wife, Audrey; sister, Mary Kloubec; son, Bill and his wife, Christine; grandson, Vincent Kloubec; and daughter, June Kloubec. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Red ID: FND_I_79563 Image ID: 555301 Image Notes: FND001 272068

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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