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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272255
Title: Robert D. Gudmunsen
Date: 7/26/1942-8/6/2026
Inscription/Marks: 7/26/1942
Summary: Robert Dennis Gudmunsen, known to his friends as Bob, passed away on August 6, 2026, at the age of 84, in Killdeer, ND. Funeral services were held August 13, 2026, at Wilmington Lutheran Church in Arnegard, ND. Robert was born on July 26, 1942, in Williston, ND. He spent his childhood living and working on the farm south of Arnegard and attended school in Arnegard — though by his own account, school was never his favorite thing. After the death of his father, Leonard, Bob took up farming and ranching the family land, a life and a place he would call home for the rest of his years. It was some time later that Bob married Lowaine, his first wife, and the two built a life together. He became father to her son, Tom, and the couple went on to welcome two more sons, Garrett and Travis. Bob loved the land he called home. He took pride in his crops and his cattle, and in the farm he built. He was an avid hunter and a crack shot, known for impressing others with his marksmanship. He had a lifelong love of machines — motorcycles, four-wheelers, side-by-sides, and anything with an engine — and he never met an auction he didn't enjoy. He was also, by all accounts, quite the prankster. Lowaine passed away in 2012. In 2014, Bob found love again and married Faye, the second love of his life. He moved in with Faye but made his daily trip to the farm, never being all that far from home. Bob is survived by his wife, Faye; his sons, Tom Loken and Garrett (Jamie) Gudmunsen; his daughter-in-law, Lindsey Gudmunsen; his grandchildren, Trevin Loken, Gatlin Loken, Morgan Loken, Ayden Hilleren, Evelyn Gudmunsen, Lauren Gudmunsen, Kim McLinden, Eirik Gudmunsen, and Liam Gudmunsen; and many other nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by his wife, Lowaine; his parents, Leonard and Dagny; his siblings, Jim Gudmunsen, Carol Johnson, and Don Gudmunsen; and his son, Travis Gudmunsen
Red ID: FND_I_79747 Image ID: 596690 Image Notes: FND001 272255

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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