Douglas Vassen

of Ambrose, ND, passed

away on Friday, July 27,

2018, at the age of 68.

Funeral services will be

11:00 A.M., Tuesday, July

31, 2018, at Concordia

Lutheran Church in Cros-

by with Pastor Emily

Shipman officiating. Bur-

ial with Military Honors

will follow at the Am-

brose Cemetery.

Visitation will be 3:00

PM to 7:00 PM on Mon-

day, July 30, 2018, at

Stakston-Martin Funeral

Home and one hour be-

fore the service at the

church.

Doug was born James

Robert Cogdill on August

13, 1949, to Robert

Pounds and Wioma Cog-

dill in Fargo, North Dako-

ta. Shortly after his birth,

he was adopted by Orville

and Ethel Vassen from

Ambrose, where he was

raised on the family farm.

He enlisted in the United

States Army in May 1967,

and was stationed in Viet-

nam as a lineman. His

service came to a conclu-

sion in December 1969,

when he traveled back

home to Ambrose to begin

farming. There he raised

cattle, pigs, and a variety

of crops for over 45 years.

Doug had many hobbies

and activities that kept

him busy, a few being reg-

ular visits to the Ambrose

grain elevator, traveling to

nearby towns for meals,

restoring a ’71 AMC Hor-

net, raising several cats

and always being a jokes-

ter.

Doug was preceded in

death by all of his parents

and a brother, Terry

Pounds.

He is survived by his

children, Lee (Erin)

Vassen, Ambrose, and

Amanda (Evan) Hinton,

West Fargo; grandchil-

dren, Alex Vassen, Sa-

mantha and Katelyn John-

son and Joseph Nelson;

brothers, Greg (Virginia),

Williston, Brad (Gwen),

Crosby, Kendal (Sheila),

Houston, TX, Tom (Deb-

bie), Williston, and sister,

Tammy (Bill) Fagerland,

Sedona, AZ. He is also

survived by biological si-

blings, Barb Clementich,

Bonnie Reynolds, Hank

Pounds, Betty Clemen-

tich, Jerry Pounds and

Connie Wermacker, all of

Minot. Doug also has

many nieces and neph-

ews, too numerous to be

named.

Stakston-Martin Fun-

eral Home of Crosby, ND,

is in charge of arrange-

ments.