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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272273
Title: Douglas D. Plummer
Date: 5/4/1936-7/17/2026
Inscription/Marks: 5/4/1936
Summary: Doug Plummer, 90, of Mandan, ND, formerly of Baker, MT passed away peacefully on July 17, 2026. at his home. Funeral services were held July 28, 2026, at Stevenson Funeral Home in Baker. Burial was in Bonnievale Cemetery. Douglas Duane Plummer was born on May 4, 1936, in Ollie, MT, the son of Patrick and Edna (Berg) Plummer. He grew up in the Ollie area and attended school there before graduating from Baker High School in 1953. Following high school, Doug attended Montana State University in Bozeman, where he earned his degree in civil engineering in 1957. Doug married Myra Corbitt in 1957, and together they welcomed three children: Sherry, Keith, and Kevin. He began his career as a civil engineer with the Federal Highway Administration. During his career, Doug and his family traveled throughout 25 different states while working on highway projects. He was instrumental in completing Interstate 94 from Bismarck west to Montana. Following his retirement in 1982, they moved from Mandan to Baker. Doug returned to the Ollie area after his uncle passed away and took over the Pat Plummer ranch. Myra passed away in 1989. Doug returned to his beloved ranch in Mandan in 1990 and married Judy Schuler in 1993. From an early age, Doug was a gifted athlete. He played basketball for the Spartans and he competed on a regional baseball team. During college he competed in all the rough stock events and steer wrestling. He often said it was tough to get his engineering studies completed being on the road 3-4 days a week with their college rodeo schedule. He had a lifelong passion for horses, raising many outstanding horses over the years. He served as a 4-H leader and a Sunday School teacher. Doug was also recognized as an expert witness in highway design and worked tirelessly on the North Dakota Horse Racing Board to create opportunities for ND Quarter Horse breeders. He was also a land surveyor. Doug was a member of McCabe Methodist Church in Bismarck, the Bismarck-Mandan Elks, and served on the Mor Gran Sou board. Above all, he treasured his family and especially loved attending his grandchildren's sporting events and activities. Doug and Judy spent their winters in Phoenix over the last several years. He did not like the cold! Doug is survived by his wife, Judy Plummer of Bismarck; children, Sherry Plummer of Dickinson, ND, Keith Plummer of Mandan, Kevin (Kim) Plummer of Baker, MT; stepsons, Cory (Lisa) Glaser of Bismarck and Jayme (Aimee) Glaser of Bismarck; sister, Loretta (Harold) Schlothauer of Fairview, MT; grandchildren, Justin (Jessica) Plummer, Sheyenne (Jake) Hovick, McKenzi Plummer, Skylar Ehley, Kylee Glaser, and Kady Glaser; great-grandchildren, Wade, Weston, Brynlee,Tenley, Everly, Bentley, and Maverick; along with numerous extended family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Patrick and Edna Plummer, and his first wife, Myra Plummer.
Red ID: FND_I_79766

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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