James Domaskin

James “Jim” Domaskin,

69, of rural Ross, ND

passed away unexpected-

ly on Sunday, January 3,

2021 at his residence in

Ross, ND. Springan

Stevenson Funeral Home

of Stanley is assisting the

family. Friends may sign

the on-line register and

give their condolences at

www.springanstevenson.com.

A Funeral Service for

Jim, open to the public,

will be held at 2:00 PM on

Friday, January 8, 2021 at

the American Lutheran

Church in Stanley, North

Dakota. Pastor Carter Hill

will officiate. After the

service, Jim will be

cremated, and his ashes

will be spread on the farm

in summer 2021. Visita-

tion will be held on

Thursday, January 7, 2021

from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

at the Springan Stevenson

Funeral Home Chapel in

Stanley, ND.

The funeral service will

be broadcast. Please fol-

low the link on Jim’s ser-

vice information on our

website www.springan

stevenson.com.

Due to Covid 19, we ask

that everyone adhere to

local and state require-

ments for social distanc-

ing. Masks will be re-

quired and appreciated by

the family.

Jim was born in Minot,

ND, on April 19, 1951, to

Helen (Rolf) and Emil Do-

maskin. He graduated

from Stanley High School

in 1969. He attended the

University of North Dako-

ta before graduating with

a Bachelor’s Degree from

Idaho State University.

Jim married Mary

(Heffner) Domaskin in

Idaho Falls, ID, on May 6,

1972. He worked at the

U.S. nuclear testing la-

boratory in Idaho Falls for

several years. After his fa-

ther died, Jim, Mary and

their family moved to

Stanley. They took over

the family farm south of

Ross and learned to farm

together. Jim also laid car-

pet for Springan Furniture

for many years. In all, Jim

and Mary farmed together

for 40 years and raised

three daughters.

A lifelong hunter, Jim

cared deeply about con-

serving wildlife and en-

couraging new genera-

tions of bow hunters. In

addition to hunting on the

farm, he bow hunted in

Montana, Alaska, Texas,

Georgia and many other

states, along with Canada

and a couple

once-in-a-lifetime hunting

trips to Namibia. He en-

joyed fishing Lake Saka-

kawea and deep sea fish-

ing in Cabo, Mexico with

good friends. Jim leaves

behind friends from

across the U.S. and world

who care about wildlife

and hunting as much as

he did.

If there was anything

Jim loved more than hunt-

ing, it was a good story,

especially if a prank was

involved. He claimed he

was a homebody, but

somehow he was the last

one to leave a party and

could make a few errands

stretch out all day with

conversation and coffee.

In Jim’s memory, please

share a story or a joke

with your friends and

family.

Family: In addition to

his wife, Mary, survivors

include daughters, Jenny

(Troy) Smith of Berthold,

ND, Sara (Peter) Miller of

Bozeman, MT, and An-

drea (Quang Trieu) Do-

maskin of Minneapolis;

grandchildren, Jake,

Courtney, Taylor and Jus-

tin Smith and Helen and

Ian Trieu; niece, Becky

(Steve Wagner) Huestis

and nephew, David

(Christine) Huestis.

Jim was preceded in

death by: his parents,

Emil and Helen Domas-

kin; his sister, Barbara

(Domaskin) Huestis and

brother-in-law, Kirby

Huestis.

Memorials preferred to

the North Dakota

Bowhunters Association

Foundation or the Moun-

trail Community Food

Pantry.