OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Bismarck Funeral Home and Crematory


Iona M. Hegel

Iona M. Hegel

Sep 24, 2025

Iona M. Hegel, beloved mother, grandmother, and community member, passed away on September 24, 2025, at Baptist Health in Bismarck, North Dakota.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Friday, October 3, 2025, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bismarck, ND with Rev. Mark Narum officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Thursday, October 2,...

Jody Ganje

Jody Ganje

Sep 22, 2025

Jody Ganje, 47, Bismarck passed away unexpectedly due to a health condition Monday, September 22, 2025, at home. A Memorial Service will be held Monday, September 29, 2025, at 10:30 AM at Bismarck Funeral Home. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. In honor of Jody please wear your best fishing apparel to the service.

Jody was...

Travis Spotted Elk

Travis Spotted Elk

Sep 18, 2025

Travis Lynn Spotted Elk 44, Cannon Ball, North Dakota, passed away on Thursday, September 18, 2025, in Cannon Ball, ND. A Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday September 26, 2025, at the Youth Activity Center in Cannon Ball with Father John Floberg officiating

Travis was born September 10, 1981, to Al Joe and Florestine. He graduated from Solen...

Rebecca "Becky" Hoffman

Rebecca "Becky" Hoffman

Sep 14, 2025

Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Hoffman, 68, of Sumner, WA passed away September 14th, 2025 after a short battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the Bismarck Funeral Home. A private family burial will be held. 

Family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service.

Becky was born and raised in...

Marilyn Ripplinger

Marilyn Ripplinger

Sep 13, 2025

Marilyn Ripplinger, 85, Bismarck, passed away September 13, 2025, at St. Vincents Care Center.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, September 18 at 10:00 AM at Church of Corpus Christi. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 17 from 5-8 PM with a rosary at 7 PM at Bismarck Funeral Home. Visitation will continue one hour prior to...

Helen Bickel

Helen Bickel

Sep 11, 2025

Helen Bickel, 80, of Bismarck, passed away at home on September 11, 2025, after a short battle with cancer.

A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at Bismarck Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.

Visitation will be held Monday, September 15, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 PM at Bismarck Funeral Home, with a...

Joanna Repasy

Joanna Repasy

Sep 7, 2025

Joanna June (Fleming) Repasy passed away on September 7, 2025, in Bismarck, ND.

She was born on September 27, 1929, in Salem, IL, to Robert Fleming and Lola Prather Fleming. She grew up in a large family with siblings Eleanor, Mary Lois, Robert, William, and James.

On January 22, 1949, Joanna married Steve J. Repasy in Danville, IL. They shared many happy...

Dalphina Jangula Mittelstedt

Dalphina Jangula Mittelstedt

Sep 7, 2025

Dalphina Jangula Mittelstedt, 94, of Bismarck, passed away on September 7, 2025, in a Bismarck care center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, September 15, 10:00 a.m., at Church of Corpus Christi in Bismarck. Burial will be held on September 15 at 2:30 p.m. at St. Anthony Cemetery in Linton, ND.

Visitation will be held on Sunday,...

Toni Anderson

Toni Anderson

Sep 7, 2025

Toni Anderson, 79, Bismarck, passed away September 7, 2025.  Per Toni's request no services will be held.

Theresa T. Schumacher

Theresa T. Schumacher

Sep 7, 2025

Theresa T. Schumacher, 86, Bismarck passed away Sunday, September 7, 2025, at Baptist Health.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Thursday, September 11 at 10:00 AM at St. Anne Catholic Church with Father John Paul Gardner presiding. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September 10, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Bismarck Funeral Home,...

Samuel W. McQuade Jr.

Samuel W. McQuade Jr.

Sep 5, 2025

Our dad wrote his own obituary. It read as follows:

Sam McQuade lived and then Sam McQuade died.

That’s it. That’s what he wanted to say. The irony, of course, is that if you knew Sam McQuade, you knew he was a natural-born storyteller. So much so that we once encouraged him to write it all down in a book. He did....

Lillian Wald

Lillian Wald

Sep 4, 2025

Lillian (Feist) Wald passed away peacefully on September 4, 2025, one day shy of her 98th birthday.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at St. Anne Catholic Church, Bismarck, ND. Burial will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck, ND.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, September 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at...

Jeanette "Jeanne" Kudrna

Jeanette "Jeanne" Kudrna

Sep 3, 2025

Jeanette "Jeanne" Kudrna passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at St. Alexius Medical Center with her family by her side.

 Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, September 8, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Bismarck, ND. Visitation will be Sunday, September 7, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CT follow by Rosary/Vigil at...

Leona Ziegler

Leona Ziegler

Sep 3, 2025

Leona Ziegler, 85, Bismarck, passed away September 3, 2025, at St. Vincent’s Care Center surrounded by family. Burial will take place at a later date at Glencoe Cemetery.

Leona was born to Everett and Selvia Dutton in Bismarck, ND on July 4th, 1940. Leona attended a one-room schoolhouse 2-1/2 miles from the family farm and then attended Bismarck High School where...

Peter J. Welk

Peter J. Welk

2025

Peter J. Welk, passed away peacefully on August 30, 2025, with family at his side, hours before his 96th birthday.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at 12:30 PM at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, Bismarck, ND.

Visitation will be held on Monday, September 8, from 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Bismarck Funeral Home, with...

Gloria Peterson

Gloria Peterson

Aug 29, 2025

Gloria Peterson, 85, Bismarck, passed away on August 29, 2025 while in hospice care.

Gloria was born on January 24, 1940 in Kenmare, ND to Lawrence and Margaret Mott. She graduated from Sherwood High School in 1958.

Gloria spent the bulk of her work career working for Melroe in Bismarck.

She is survived by her son, Steve (Paulette) Peterson of Bismarck; daughters, Lori...

Elizabeth "Ellie" Lucia Caro

Elizabeth "Ellie" Lucia Caro

Aug 28, 2025

Elizabeth Lucia Caro, lovingly known as Ellie, passed away at home in the arms of her parents on the evening of August 28, 2025.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Saturday, September 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM at Church of St. Anne with Father Kregg Hochhalter presiding. Visitation will be held at the Bismarck Funeral Home on Friday, September 5 from...

Wayne Zahn

Wayne Zahn

Aug 22, 2025

Wayne Zahn rode off into the sunset for the last time on August 22, 2025, at the age of 74.

This ole boy... cowboy through and through. Talked it and walked it too. Even in his last years, that gruff and tough manner, did not hold anything back. If he feared anything, no one would ever know. The epitome of 'grab...

Sadie Schilling

Sadie Schilling

Aug 21, 2025

Sadie Schilling, 90, Beulah, passed away at home, Thursday, August 21, 2025. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 PM, Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at Bismarck Funeral Home. The family will greet friends the hour before the service. Burial will be in the Glen Ullin Cemetery.

Sadie was born March 18, 1935, in Logan County, ND to John and Carolina...

Leonard Benfiet

Leonard Benfiet

Aug 21, 2025

Leonard (Benny) Benfiet, 86, of Bismarck passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at Sanford Medical Center surrounded by his family.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, August 29, 2025, at 10:00 AM with a Rosary prior to the service at Ascension Catholic Church. Burial will follow at 1:00 PM at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan,...

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