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Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272116
Title: Galen D. Rustan
Date: 9/26/1943-3/22/2026
Inscription/Marks: 9/26/1943
Summary: Galen Dean Rustan of Owosso, OK, formerly of New England, ND, went to his eternal home on March 22, 2026, at age 82. Funeral services were held April 8, 2026, at Stevenson Funeral Home in Dickinson with Pastor Michael Wolters officiating. Burial was at Rainy Butte Cemetery. Galen was born to Odin and Olga Rustan on September 26, 1943, in New England. As a child, Galen loved growing up on his family farm. Galen met his wife, Carma Hutson, in Salt Lake City, UT, in September 1970 where Galen was working for Amoco Oil. They married on June 5, 1971, in Carma's hometown of Montrose, CO. In 1972 they moved to Kansas City, MO, and went on to have two children, Brad (1977) and Brian (1980). He later moved his family to West Des Moines, IA, in 1988, then to Owasso, OK, in 1996. Galen was an accountant for Amoco for 31 years, before doing consulting work for Arthur Anderson and later working full time with ConocoPhillips where he retired in 2010. Galen and Carma obtained the family farm in 2009 and made it their secondary home in the summers. Galen also loved spending time in the winter going to South Padre Island,TX, where he and Carma spent time on the beach and hanging out with friends. He loved gardening, both with vegetables and flowers, learning about his Norwegian heritage, traveling to Norway and reconnecting with his Norwegian family. He was overjoyed when his family members came to the farm from Norway and they were able to travel to the Black Hills for a few days. Galen is survived by his wife, Carma; his children, Brad (Chantelle) and Brian (Erin); and his grandchildren, Brady, Ryan, Ruby and Chandi. Galen joins his parents, Odin and Olga; his brother, Lyle; and sister, Marleen, in Heaven.
Red ID: FND_I_79609 Image ID: 556856 Image Notes: FND001 272116

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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