Ydola Pigeon (Died October 8, 2012) Send Flowers Send Sympathy Gifts Send Sympathy Card Guest Book | Sign Guest Book

Ydola Pigeon, age 85 of Dunseith, died Monday at a Bottineau hospital. Funeral will be held on Friday at 10:00 am at St. Michael’s the Archangel Catholic Church in Dunseith. Wake service is Thursday beginning at 4:00 pm with a prayer service at 8:00 pm all at the church. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery at Dunseith.

Ydola Pigeon, a son of S.C. and Horntense (Roberts) Pigeon, was bon on May 20, 1927 on the family farm east of Dunseith. He was reared there and graduated from Dunseith High School in 1944. On May 31, 1951, he married Oylnda Eurich at St. Louis Catholic Church in Dunseith. They made their home on the Pigeon family farm, where they raised dairy and beef cattle and grew small grains. They also ran the Pigeon Country Store until is closing in 1956. They have remained on the farm.

Ydola was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church. He was also a member of National Farmers Organization. He enjoyed playing cards, gardening, building model airplanes and was an all around handyman who could fix or build anything. His life center around his family. The farm was the gathering place for his children and grandchildren.

He is survived by his wife Oylnda Pigeon of Dunseith; son, Mark of Dunseith; daughter Colette of Bottineau; 11 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; sister, Louise Horseman of Seattle, WA and numerous nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers, Romulus “Bae”, Ted and Jack “Ubald”; sister, Emeline Richard  and son-in-law, Reid Richard (Schimetz?).

Arrangements were with Nero Funeral Home in Bottineau. Friends may sign the online register book at www.nerofuneralhome.net.

Note: I think Ydola’s son-in-law’s name was Reid Schimetz. 

Our condolences are with all of Ydola’s family with his passing.

Gary