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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272300
Title: Orrin L. Moe
Date: 5/31/1943-9/12/2026
Inscription/Marks: 5/31/1943
Summary: Orrin Laverne Moe of Watford City, ND, passed away September 12, 2026, at the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, ND. Funeral services were held September 19, 2026, at the Rough Rider Center in Watford City, with Pastor Garrett Gudmunsen, Pastor Hayley Paulson-Moe, and Nick Paulson-Moe officiating. He was laid to rest at Schafer Cemetery in Watford City. Orrin lived and loved his life in North Dakota, owning Orrin’s Bobcat Service. He started working at Conlins Construction and began his oilfield career at the age of 16, working for R.A. Prather in Tioga, ND, working his way up to become a tool pusher. From there, Orrin went on to start Orrin’s Bobcat Service and enjoyed working with all the great employees that worked with him. In 1990, he sold his business and continued with his other jobs, including working for CSI Construction, Steve Nelson Trucking, McKenzie County Road Department, and finally, his retirement job, Joyce Moe’s Construction, Moving & Storage. He was never hired at Little Missouri Grille, even though he was offered a job washing dishes for how often he ate there! He was a former employee at McKenzie Bay Marina, and he was a dog sitter for every member of his family! Orrin attended every lutefisk feed in western North Dakota, making sure to wear his bright yellow shirt so that Joyce couldn’t see the butter stains! He also knew how to make room for a good pork chop or polish sausage. Every dog, horse, and cat he ever met wanted to spend their days with him, and he had a gift that made everyone feel like the most important person on the earth. Orrin knew how to tell a good story, and the wildest ones were true! He never met a stranger, and every stranger wanted to know him. Orrin lived by the statement that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and he enjoyed driving the Bobcat and talking about going fishing! He never met a shovel he didn’t like! He loved looking at a good water tower, watching a Western, and spending time with his family and friends. Orrin is survived by his wife of 64 years, Joyce; his son Terry (“favorite daughter-in-law Angie”); his two darlins, Molly (Justin) and Hayley (Nick); three great-grandkids, Harlow, Hawkin, and Hunter; his siblings, Carol, Gene (Penny), Ilona (Dale), and Wade (Debie); and many nieces, nephews, friends, and his favorite son-in-law, Cordell Wold (Caryn). The moment he died, he had a reunion 17 years in the making with his daughter, Connie Jean Wold. He was also preceded in death by his mom, Ida; dad, Carlie, his brother, Leon (who leaves behind his partner Della); brother-in-law, Louie Longie; nephew, Jason Longie; father- and mother-in-law, Frank and Vernice Crimmins; goddaughter, Rennee Heggen; his brother-in-law, Frankie Dean Crimmins; sister and brother-in-law, Pat and Don Sillerud; brother-in-law, Dale Crimmins; many four-legged friends: Melvin, Lester, Herb, Fred, Oscar, Pixie, Gunnar Laverne, Tracker, Crayola, Louie, China, and too many horses to name.
Red ID: FND_I_79792

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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