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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272266
Title: Vernon L Spottedbird Jr.
Date: 3/31/1996-8/25/2026
Inscription/Marks: 3/31/1996
Summary: Vernon Spottedbird Jr., 30, passed away on August 25, 2026, at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. A funeral service was held September 2, 2026, at Fort Totten Rec. Center, Fort Totten, ND. Burial was at the St. Jerome’s Catholic Cemetery, Fort Totten. Vernon Lee Spottedbird Jr. was born on March 31, 1996, in Devils Lake, ND, to Lynissa Bull and Vernon Spottedbird. He graduated from Four Winds High School in 2018. He enjoyed playing basketball, video games, and spending time with his bros. He also liked spending his time at home. Vernon worked for Justin Yankton doing labor work and construction. He really looked up to Justin. Vernon always had a smile on his face and was making jokes. In 2024, he got sober and was proud of his accomplishment. He liked going to the sweat lodge and was excited about learning more about the traditional ways. Vernon is survived by mother, Lynissa (James) Bull; father, Vernon (Renita) Spottedbird Sr.; Durwin Bull and Keysten Bear; adopted brother, Anthony (Buck) Tallman; sisters, Malaina, Juliyah, Lariah Spottedbird, and Elise, Delemma and Jamie Bull; adopted sisters, Patricia Monette and Heather Greybear/Spottedbird; many adopted brother, sisters, aunts and uncles; aunts, Tara Spottedbird, Dacia Lamrose, Wanita Jensen, Faith, Hope and Janet Tomahawk, Sharon Feather and many more; uncles, Dustin Foote, Evan Hill, Cory Jensen, Sheldon Greywater, Shobie Shaw, Russell Cavanaugh, William (Bill) Tomahawk and many more; great-grandpa, Josie Lawrence; grandpas, Leonard Allery; grandmas, Delphin Longie, Evelyn, Estelle and Anita Cavanaugh, Alverda DuBois and Kim Cavanaugh; nieces, Colette and Lorraine Spottedbird. He is preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Spottedbird; great-grandmas, Josephine Tomahawk and Genavive Nash; grandmas, Joyce Tomahawk, Francine Lamrose and Cheryle Tomahawk; grandpa, Kenneth Vernon Spottedbird Sr., Kenneth Jr.; aunts, Karlene, Kenda and Janel Spottedbird; uncles, Kenneth, Franklin & Kevin Spottedbird; adopted uncle, Kenroy Rainbow, and many other grandmas, grandpas, great-grandpas and great-grandmas; and godmother, Jenny White.
Red ID: FND_I_79758

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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