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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272123
Title: Edward M. Chacon
Date: 9/6/1961-3/4/2026
Inscription/Marks: 9/6/1961
Summary: Edward M. Chacon, 64, of Watford City, ND, passed away March 4, 2026. Eddie got sick around December 2025 with multiple issues, but ultimately passed away from a stroke with his mother and wife by his side. His funeral was held March 12, 2026, at First Presbyterian Church, Watford City, with Pastor Clayton Skiles officiating. Eddie Max Chacon was born on September 6, 1961, in Los Angeles, CA, to Joe and Bertha Chacon. He was a happy child and loved playing sports. He was good at everything he did, but his favorites were baseball and wrestling, and he even became the champion wrestler in New Mexico at one point in high school. He was often caught skipping school to ski all day at Purgatory Ski Resort. He was very active! In 1984, Eddie’s first baby was born, followed by four more. He also took on many other children who looked up to him in a fatherly way. He loved kids, and they loved him! His grandchildren held a special spot in his heart, and he liked to save all his change so when he visited them, he could throw it up in the air and watch them all scramble for it. Eddie had many jobs throughout his life, including pipe x-raying, pipeline work, drilling rig work, air swabbing, casing crew work, and working with Brooks Kieson on building barns and rodeo arenas. He was also good at all carpentry work and at skirting and siding trailer houses, but his favorite work was flooring and roofing. His dream was to own his own company, with his sons working alongside him. He ended up working for Knights Construction as one of the main hands and loved all the guys he worked with. Eddie lived in the Farmington, NM, area for most of his life, with the last 14 years being spent in North Dakota. He loved New Mexico but said he loved the cooler winter weather that North Dakota had to offer. In 2014, he met the love of his life, Ashley. They spent many years together before getting married in October of 2025; they had one child together. Eddie is survived by his wife, Ashley Chacon of Watford City, ND; his children, Scotti Chacon of Watford City, ND; Kaidence Grammond of Watford City, ND; Daniel Chacon (Shae Davis), their six children of Farmington, NM; Gabriel Chacon, his two children of Phoenix, AZ; Russell Smith, his two children of Aztec, NM; Alec Chacon, his five children of Farmington, NM; Stevie Jaramillo, her two children of Farmington, NM; his mother, Bertha Chacon of Aztec, NM; his father, Joe Chacon of Farmington, NM; his brothers, Manuel (Kimberly) Chacon of Houston, TX; Mark Chacon of Farmington, NM; Larry Chacon of Farmington, NM; along with numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and cousins. Eddie was preceded in death by his grandparents and great-grandparents.
Red ID: FND_I_79615

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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