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Burns D. Abernethy
BEACH Burns Donald
Abernethv. 102. of Killdeer. for-
merly of Beach. passed away on
Tuesday, Feb. 2. 2010. at the Hilt
Top Home of Comfort in Killdeer.
Visitation was held from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. and 6-7 p.m., Friday, Feb.
5. at the Chapel of the Silvernale-
Silha Funeral Home in Beach. A
prayer service at 7 p.m. followed
visitation at the funeral home.
Funeral services were held at 2
p.m.. Saturday, Feb. 6. at the United
Community Church in Beach with
the Rev. Warren Maxted officiating,
Interment will take place at a later
date Silvernale-Silha Funeral
Home of Beach is entrusted with
arrangements.
Burns was born No~. 4.1907. in
Beach. the son of William M. and
Mave (Stockwell) Abernethy. He
was raised on the family farm
northeast of Beach and received his
education in Beach area schools.
On Nov. 7, 1932. Bums married
Violet "Peg" Johnston in Glendive.
Mont.. and to this umon two sons.
Donald and Robert. were born. Peg
passed awa3 in January 1974.
Burns married Lois Johnson on Jan.
5, 2001. in Medora. In 2008, Burns
took up residency at the nursing
home in Killdeer. Burns and Lois
enjoyed nine years of marriage.
Burns was an avid hunter and
loved to dance. He immensely
enjoyed the Culbertson Trial Ride
and received the Oldest Rider
Award three times. Through his
working years, he kept busy as a
professional mechanic as well as a
i~arlner and rancher. He was an
excellent roper. Burns was a mem-
ber of the Beach Congregational
Church and belonged to the
Roosevelt Memorial Masomc
Lodge #129 AF & AM of Belfield
for over 75 years.
Burns was preceded in death by
his parents: his first wife, Violet
"Peg'!~ Aber ethy; his brother.
B yrol~ Abernethy; his sister Monna
Kastien Rundle: his stepdaughter,
Lynn Judas: and his step-grandson.
Brian Reber.
Burns is survived by his wife
Lois Abernethy of Beach: his two
sons: Donald (Rella)Abernethv of
Sentinel Butte; and Bob (Sally)
Abernethy of Beach: his grandchil-
dren: LaDonna Fallgatter of
Bismarck: Bobbi (Marvin) Hansen
of Belgrade. Mont.: Jim (Jan)
Abernethv of Littleton. Colo.: Jeff
Abernethy of Temecula. Calif.:
Jody (Tare) Cymbaluk of Williston:
his great-grandchildren: "Danny
Fallgatter. Mitchel (Jenn)
Fallgatter. Jeff Fallgater. Marty
Hansen. Jennifer (Russ) Smith:
Luke. Chloe. and Sammy
Abernethy; McKenzie. Addison.
and Grant Cymbaluk: two great-
great-grandsons. Riley and Leo
Burns: two step-great-great-grand-
• daughters. Kadence and Carlie: his
step-children: LuAnn Reber of
Beach, Laurie (Bill~ Becker. David
(Christy) Hoffman. and Lisa
(David) Rainey, all of Wisconsin;
his step-grandchildren: Melissa
(Nick) Raasch. Matthew Weber,
Christopher Johnson, Dustin and
Abriana Rainey, and Autumn
Hoffman. all of Wisconsin: and two
step-great-granddaughters,
Kadence and Abygail Raasch. all of
Wisconsin.
Remembrances and condolences
may be shared with the family at
www.silvernale-silhafuneral-
home .com.
Pr0gramcl!ertts can reque, st benefits
BISMARCK - The North Dakota
Depa~ment of Human Services has
requ6"sted and received federal
approyal to provide replacement ben-
efits for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Pro~am clients impacted
by widespread storm-related power
outages.
To receive the extra help, program
participants must report their storm-
related food loss m a county social
service office and sign a request form
by Feb. 28. 2010. Program director
Arlene Dura said the U.S.
Department of Agriculture makes
this extra help available because
power outages can damage or
destroy clients' food supplies and can
cause others to be displaced from
their food supplies.
Dura said the program will
replace the amount of the loss. up to
a household's January 2010 benefit
amount. A participating household
that reports a food loss of $1(X) and
received a $t00 fbod assistance ben-
efit in January 2010 would receive an
additional $100 in benefits.
Dura said program clients with
misplaced EBT cards, which are the
specialized debit cards clients use in
stores to purchase food items, can
obtain replacement cards from any
county social service office.
Individuals with questions about
their benefits can contact the North
Dakota Department of Human
Services at 800-755-2716.
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Ben Kordon
DICKINSON - Ben Kordon. 91,
formerly of the Fairfield and
Gorham areas, died Thursday, Feb.
4. 2010. at the Country House in
Dickinson.
Ben's funeral service was at 11
a.m., Monday, Feb. 8. at Ladbury
Funeral Service. Dickinson, with
Deacon Leonard Kordonowy offici-
ating and Sr. Stephanie Dolyniuk.
Interment will take place in the
spring at St. Josaphat's Cemetery
west of Fairfield. Military honors
will be provided by the Belfield
American Legion William C. Blair
Post 144. Visitation was from 8
a.m. to 11 a.m., Monday, at Ladbury
Funeral Service.
Ben was born Jan. 18, 1919. on
the, family ranch neat" Gorham, the
son of Peter and Juliana
(Smerychnyski) Kordon. He was
raised and educated in the Gorham
area while helping on the family
ranch and several other ranches
until 1943.
Ben served honorably in the U.S.
Army from Nov. 18, 1943. to his
discharge as a private first class on
Jan. 24, 1946. While in the mili-
tary he was a rifleman during
WWII, where he received two
Purple Hearts and one Bronze Star
along with several other medals of
honor.
Ben returned to the home place
where he ranched until 1976. He
moved to Oregon. where his broth-
er George and sister, Lucy lived.
Following several years he returned
to the ranch in North Dakota. Ben
loved to hunt. fish and woodcarve.
He enjoyed spending hours a day
watching his nephews farm and
hay. He always had a special love
for his great-nieces, Erin and
Katelyn Kordon.
Ben is survwed by his brother.
George Kordon. Fall Creek. Ore.:
sister-in-law. Julia Kordon. Fairfield:
Kurt. Erin and Katelyn Kordon.
along with many other nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death
by his parents: three sisters. Mary
(George) Kessel: Lucy Rigsby, and
Katherine (William) Namenuk; and
one brother. John Kordon.
Arrangements are with Ladburv
Funeral Service, Dickinson.
www.ladburyfuneralservice.com
Chateau to host program
MEDORA-Aprogramentitled. bridge across the Missouri River.
"Rails West - The Building of the On Nov. 10, 1880, a "'spike" cere-
Northern Pacific Railroad from many took place on the Montana
Mandan to the Montana Line" will border to observe the completion
be presented Saturday, Feb. 20, at of the railroad across North
2 p.m. at the Chateau de Mores Dakota.
Interpretative Center in Medora. Made of pure Montana silver.
The program will be presented inscribed with "'Welcome. Pacific
by Dr. Carl Larson of Dickinson. Railroad Company" and engraved
The presentation will be based on links embracing the words
Larson's research as a North "Montana and Dakota." the spikes
Dakota Humanities Council Larry were driven into a highly varnished
Remele Memorial Fellow in square oak tie by more than 30
, 1993. people.
.*- Most of the program will con- Larson is a professor emer, i~us
sist of vintage newspapers and of Elaglish from Dickinson State
historical photographs from the University in Dickinson where
1800s as the Northern Pacific he taught for 40 years. Larson is
Railroad pushed across the prairie best known recentl~ for his
now known as western North research on the history of automo-
Dakota. biles in North Dakota.
The railroad was completed He has organized the popular
across the state in 1880, but it took Car Show in Medora for the past
several more years to build a 33 summers.
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Body Works
Massage relocates
By Ellen Feuerhelm
Staff Writer
A lot of acti vity has been occur-
ring on the corer heading up to
Interstate 94 in Beach.
This activity is the result of the
old Crazy Charlie's Restaurant ren-
ovation, including creating a new
space for Cassandra Szudera's
Body Works Massage.
"The building will be a nice
one-stop location to get a massage,
a pedicure or manicure, and hair
done as soon as M'Lord M'Lady
(Beauty Salon) moves in." said
Szudera.
The new location for Body
Works is I 12 4th St. NW, Suite 3.
Szudera said it is an easierqo-
find location for people not familiar
with Beach.
The new location has a d6cor
that is filled with eye-pleasing
rocks. Szudera uses heated rocks m
some of her massage therapy. The
office is painted in a warm tone.
Support group's session to start
Begi,nning Experience. a peer ministry support group for widowed.
divorced, and/or separated individuals, will be starting the next 10-week
session on Feb. 21. Please contact Dee at 59&0254.
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