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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272278
Title: David Urban
Date: 6/14/1945-8/4/2026
Inscription/Marks: 6/14/1945
Summary: David Urban, 81, of Belfield, ND, passed away August 4, 2026, at Sanford Health, Bismarck, ND. Funeral services were held August 11, 2026, at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson, with Pastor Toby Arnold officiating. Burial was at the Belfield Lutheran Cemetery. David was born June 14, 1945, to William and Ellen (Brennan) Urban. He was raised mostly around the Fryberg, ND, area. He attended school there until the 8th grade. David decided that the love of his freedoms in our great country needed to be defended, so in 1965 he enlisted in the Army. During his three years of service he was stationed in Germany during the Vietnam war. While there, he served as an army bridge crew member, and he and his fellow soldiers became accomplished at building and repairing bridges. He was so proud of his own military service for his country. In 1968 he returned home, and started dating Bertha Hutzenbiler who soon became the love of his life. On October 4th they were joined in marriage and soon had a houseful of eight children and many nieces and nephews that loved to come for visits. David worked hard as an oil pumper while raising his family in Bowman. The family has many wonderful memories of them and family friends around the piano singing and praising the Lord. He was transferred from Bowman and the family moved to Williston in 1990. After his son Dean's heart transplant in 1992, they moved to their farm house south of Belfield to be closer to both him and Bertha's families, where he and his wife reside today. David spent lots of time with Dean during his recovery. They both knew Rochester and all the Ronald McDonald guests well. David continued to work until he retired at the age of 62. He wasn't content being retired so he soon began recycling metal and also found purpose serving others by volunteering at the Belfield Food Pantry, the church and fellow neighbors needing a helping hand. David loved his family, but his greatest love and longest friendship was with the Lord. You could always find him making time for God and reading his word. He would sit quietly in God's presence and treasured every moment he could with him. Along with the love of his family, his church family was also very important to him. He truly enjoyed blessing others. He was loved by so many. A loving husband, son, father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, neighbor and friend. His reunion in Heaven was a great day. David is survived by his wife of 58 years, Bertha (Hutzenbiler) Urban; children, Laura (Rocky) Sarsland of Ludlow, SD, Shirley (Jeremy) Binstock of South Heart, ND, Cindy (Cory) Bailey of Dickinson, ND, Daniel Urban of Watford City, ND, Dennis (Kelly) Urban of Dickinson, ND, Dean (Juli) Urban of Belfield, ND, Donavan (Dana) Urban of Dickinson, ND, Corey Hoon of Belfield, ND; 23 grandchildren, 22 great- grandchildren and numerous nieces, nephews and siblings. He was preceded in death by his parents; beloved daughter, MaryBeth (Urban) Hoon, grandson, Jordan Binstock; daughters-in-law, Marla Urban and Jane Urban; and many other loved ones.
Red ID: FND_I_79771

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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