James Wallace Dewitt

1933 - 2009  (75 years)

• Name	James Wallace Dewitt
  Born	3 Aug 1933	North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Apr 2009	North Dakota, USA
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I172815	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Harry John Dewitt,   b. 10 Apr 1902, Alfred, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 10 Feb 1979, North Dakota, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Christine Nitschke,   b. 31 Mar 1904, LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 2007, West Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 102 years)
  Married	31 Oct 1932	LaMoure County, North Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F67930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judy Wegner
  Married	5 Oct 1956
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F67932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. James DeWittThe Jamestown Sun Published Thursday, April 23, 2009 James DeWitt, 75, Jud, N.D., died Tuesday, April 22, 2009, at his home. Mr. DeWitt was born Aug. 3, 1933, in Jamestown, the son of Harry and Christina (Nitschke) DeWitt. He received his elementary education at Alfred Public School, Alfred, N.D., and graduated from Gackle High School, Gackle, N.D., in 1951. He joined the U.S. Army on July 9, 1953, at Fargo, N.D., and served in Korea while stationed in Japan. He was discharged on June 3, 1955, at Ft. Carson, Colo., with the rank of corporal. He married Judy Wegner on Oct. 5, 1956, at Stevenson, Wash. They lived in Rosenberg, Ore., for a year, then moved to Alfred for a year and then to a farm northwest of Jud. He was a member of Grace Baptist Church, Gackle, where he was a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He also was a member of the Mikkleson Township Board. He enjoyed farming. He is survived by his wife; three sons, Bryan (Barbara), Hazen, N.D., Nolan, New Port, Minn., and Jason (Tammy), Bismarck, N.D.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.