Details

Collection Summary
Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 272316
Title: Joann M. Imsland
Date: 10/1/1935-9/29/2026
Inscription/Marks: 10/1/1935
Summary: Joann M. Imsland, 90, of Williston, ND, passed away September 29, 2026, two days shy of her 91st birthday, at Bethel Home Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Williston. Her funeral Mass was held October 2, 2026, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery in Williston. Joann was born on October 1, 1935, to Paul and Ethel (Ekblad) Donnelly in Williston. She grew up on the family farm north of Ray, ND, and went to school in a one-room schoolhouse in Temple, ND, for grades one through eight. She graduated from Ray High School in 1953. Joann married Joseph B. Imsland, Jr. in November of 1953 and they had three children; Bob, Marilyn, and Janelle. Joann worked at various jobs in Williston until her retirement. Joann’s hobbies included quilting, golfing, playing cards, baking, and going to classes at the ARC in Williston. Hawaii and Alaska were Joann’s two favorite places she traveled to after retiring. Joann was a devoted Catholic whose faith was an important part of her life. She will be remembered as a kind, loving, and caring woman who was deeply devoted to her family and those around her. Surviving Joann are her children, Bob (Dorothy) Imsland, Marilyn Olson, and Janelle (Steve) Braden; grandchildren, Lucas (Erin) Imsland and their children, Jannick and Lindi; Taylor (Jordon) Evert and their children, Dylan, Andilyn, Ellery and Jacob; Whitney (Jason) Stephenson and their children, Haines, Camden and Brooks; Jalen Braden, Marisa Braden, and Kaden Braden; sister, Delores Grimson; brother, David (Diann) Donnelly. Joann was preceded in death by husband, Joseph B. Imsland, Jr.; parents, Paul and Ethel Donnelly; brother, Kenneth Donnelly; sister, Mary Gail Covert; brother-in-law, Eugene Grimson; and son-in-law, Bradley Olson.
Red ID: FND_I_79808

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.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.

Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.