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Dorothy Rice Galyen

Birth	:	25 Feb 1925 North Dakota, USA
Death	:	30 Jun 2013 Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate	:	47.4305992, -102.8442001
Description	:	Funeral Mass for Dorothy Galyen, 88, of Dickinson will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Father Shannon Lucht celebrating. Burial will take place in Oakdale Cemetery, Killdeer. Visitation for Dorothy will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2013 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson. Visitation will continue from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with a Rosary and Prayer Service being held at 7:00 p.m. Dorothy passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. Dorothy Rice was born February... Read More	Funeral Mass for Dorothy Galyen, 88, of Dickinson will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with Father Shannon Lucht celebrating. Burial will take place in Oakdale Cemetery, Killdeer. Visitation for Dorothy will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Friday, July 5, 2013 at Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson. Visitation will continue from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Queen of Peace Catholic Church with a Rosary and Prayer Service being held at 7:00 p.m. Dorothy passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, ND. Dorothy Rice was born February 25, 1925 to Louis F. Rice and Monica (Hecker) Rice. She and her brother Walt Rice, grew up on the family farm 25 miles northeast of Dickinson. Dorothy attended Iota School No. 1 which was only a mile from her home. Even during the summer months she would run to this school and read and read every book in the library. Because of bad roads and no school buses she boarded all four years of high school, graduating from Killdeer High School in 1943. She remembers being so homesick that one time she walked cross country 12 miles just to see her parents for the weekend. After teaching 25 years with just a teaching certificate, barely older than her students, she then attended Dickinson State College getting her life certificate in 1960. In 1946, Dorothy married the love of her life, her high school sweetheart, Delmont Galyen. They shared 54 plus 10 months of married bliss. They were blessed with one son, Scott Galyen, who died too young at age 49. They shared the ups and downs of farming, flying, teaching and the very rich day to day life of family and friends. Her love of education and history inspired her to purchase the Iota School No. 1 when it came up for sale. She moved it to her farmyard and in 1980 restored it and started giving regular tours to the delight of international tourists and visitors from nearly all fifty states and local school children. She displayed in the school all of the memorabilia that made guests feel that they were actually attending school! When she moved from the farm into Dickinson she donated the school to the Dunn County Historical Society and it is now on display in Dunn Center. Dorothy taught for 12 years in country schools including the Iota school and 13 years at Killdeer Elementary School where she dearly loved her fourth graders. After retiring from teaching in 1975 she then had time to serve the public on the Dunn Co. Social Service Board (25 years); Southwest District Health Unit (25 years); and Dunn County Historical Society (12 years). In Dickinson, she served on the St. Joseph Hospital Foundation and St. Joseph Hospice Foundation. Throughout her life her Catholic Christian faith sustained her and formed her into a generous and unfailingly kind and non-judgmental woman. Her greatest privilege was to serve as a communion minister at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Dickinson. She and Delmont were also ushers and they were a very welcoming presence to all who entered the church. Delmont died in 1999. After three years of widowhood, in 2002 Dorothy married a widower Albert Sickler and his large extended family surrounded Dorothy with love. Both Albert and Dorothy were gifted with good health and amazing energy so they were able to travel to see family and friends across the country. They settled in Dickinson and enjoyed a busy social life together. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Monica Rice, her first husband Delmont, their son Scott, her brother and his wife, Walt and Carol Rice, and her niece LeeAnn Goslen. Dorothy is survived by her niece Andrea (Clarence) Schollmeyer, her nephews, Rick Rice and Monty (Laura) Rice all of Killdeer and many great nieces and nephews who she loved dearly. She also had many cousins and enjoyed living across the street from cousin, Jim Rice and his wife Mary. She is also survived by her new family, her husband Albert Sickler and his children Galen (Marcia) Sickler, Terry (Karen) Sickler, Dennis (Betty) Sickler, Sheila (Curt) Lefor. and many grandchildren and great children who embraced her with great love. Dorothy was a daughter of the prairie. She saw beauty and peace everywhere in the countryside. May she rest in peace in the land she loved so much.

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Where is Dorothy Rice Galyen's memorial?
Dorothy Rice Galyen's memorial is located at: Oakdale Cemetery, Oakdale, Dunn County, USA.
When did Dorothy Rice Galyen death?
Dorothy Rice Galyen death on 30 Jun 2013 in Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Dorothy Rice Galyen's memorial?
Latitude: 47.4305992
Longitude: -102.8442001

Family Members:

Parent

Louis F. Rice

(1898 - 1985)

Monica Hecker Rice

(1902 - 1984)

Spouse

Albert Sickler

(1924 - 2019)

Delmont Galyen

(1925 - 1999)

Siblings

Children

Scott Edward Galyen

(1951 - 2001)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Oakdale Cemetery
Oakdale, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4305992, -102.8442001

2. Killdeer Mountain Battlefield Graveyard
Medicine Hole, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4216700, -102.9168240

3. Killdeer Cemetery
Killdeer, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3474998, -102.7574997

4. Haven of Rest Cemetery
Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3717003, -102.9850006

5. Peace Lutheran Cemetery
Dunn Center, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4296989, -102.6619034

6. Dunn Center Cemetery
Dunn Center, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3567009, -102.6613998

7. Normanna Lutheran Church Cemetery
Dunn Center, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3211000, -102.6739000

8. Mormannia Cemetery
Dunn Center, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3210983, -102.6738968

9. Saint Edwards Cemetery
Fayette, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2811012, -102.9255981

10. Russian Cemetery
Fayette, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3284250, -103.0290730

11. Manning Community Cemetery
Manning, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2265050, -102.7767730

12. Grassy Butte Seventh Day Adventist Church Cemetery
Grassy Butte, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3356706, -103.1298186

13. Childrens Pioneer Cemetery
Grassy Butte, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4873300, -103.1631300

14. Grassy Butte Cemetery
McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3871422, -103.2366028

15. Community Cemetery
Grassy Butte, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4509220, -103.2484090

16. Emerson Cemetery
Emerson, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.1842070, -102.6510580

17. Vang Lutheran Cemetery
Dunn Center, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2413368, -102.5272446

18. Immaculate Conception Cemetery
Billings County, USA
Coordinate: 47.2167015, -103.1588974

19. Werner Cemetery
Werner, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.3438263, -102.3905182

20. Congregational Cemetery
Mandaree, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.7315880, -102.6788450

21. Old Spring Creek Cemetery
Watford City, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.6390344, -103.2066160

22. Saint Anthony Cemetery
Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.0999570, -102.9269920

23. Saint Johns Cemetery
Halliday, Dunn County, USA
Coordinate: 47.4289017, -102.3321991

24. Spring Creek Cemetery
Watford City, McKenzie County, USA
Coordinate: 47.6580544, -103.2315794