Dolores Will

Dolores "Dee" Will, 84, Jamestown, ND, formerly of Bismarck, ND, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at her daughter, Linda's, home in Jamestown from complications of end stage Alzheimer's disease.

Dee was born to Joseph Sr. and Mary (Keller) Fettig on August 12, 1924 in Linton, ND, where she attended grade school and graduated from Linton High School in 1943. After graduation, while her fiance "Ted" was serving in WWII, Dee lived with his parents in Hazelton and taught school there. After Ted's discharge from the Army in 1946, Ted and Dee moved to Sterling, IL for work, and there the high school sweethearts were married on February 1, 1947. They returned to North Dakota in 1947 and settled in Bismarck in 1962, where Dee was housewife/homemaker raising her 4 children.

Ted and Dee enjoyed spending time with their growing family and rarely missed one of the many holiday and birthday celebrations with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dee had a passion for picture taking and has fortunately left her family with pictures and albums to be cherished by many. Dee's love of recording family memories on film has been passed on to children and grandchildren.

Ted and Dee celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on February 1, 2007. Ted died in September of 2007. Since October of 2007, Dee has lived with daughter, Linda in Jamestown, though they made weekly trips to spend time at Dee's house in Bismarck.

Dee will be forever loved and remembered by her surviving family: her son, Randy (Sandi) Will of Bismarck; daughters: Sharol (Neil) Larson of Jamestown; Patricia (Bob) Townsend of Sioux City, IA and Linda Dutenhafer of Jamestown; 10 grandchildren: Jason Larson, Jill (Brent) Engbrecht, Janae (Todd) Juhlin, Shane (Cindy) Townsend, Tony (Jaime) Townsend, Tammy Townsend, Shiloh (Scott) Walch, Shayna, Shantel and Seth Dutenhafer and 7 great-grandchildren: Gabriel, Sophia, Molly and Emerson Walch; Tatum Aabrekke; Hayden and Emerson Townsend. She is also survived by her sisters (twins): Florence Cutler and Patricia Schwartz and brothers: Joe Jr. and Herman Fettig.

Dee was preceded in death by her husband, Ted; parents, Joe Sr. and Mary Fettig; brothers: Leo, Willy and Raymond Fettig and sister, Lillian (Fettig) Reich.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 6, 2009 at St. James Basilica in Jamestown with Father McGinnis officiating. A rosary service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Lisko Funeral Chapel, Jamestown. Visitation will be from noon to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, April 5th at Lisko Funeral Chapel and 1 hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Burial will be in the spring at the North Dakota Veteran's Cemetery in Mandan. ND.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials be given to the Jamestown Hospital Hospice, 419 5th St NE, Jamestown, ND 58401 or St. James Basilica, 622 1st Ave S, Jamestown, ND 58401.