Owyn Jay Fuglie

Owyn Jay Fuglie, 66,

died Tuesday, January 12

at his home in Williston.

Because of the pandemic,

no services will be held at

this time.

“Jay” to his friends and

“Jaybird” to his family

was born in Hettinger,

ND, Dec. 27, 1954, the

third of seven children of

Dr. O.J. and Phyllis (Boeh-

mer) Fuglie.

He graduated from Het-

tinger High School and

Dickinson State College in

Dickinson, ND.

After a brief teaching

career in Carrington, ND,

he entered the insurance

industry and had a long,

successful career as a

Farmers Union Insurance

agent in Williston.

He was married to

Rosalie Sonsalla in 1986.

They had no children and

later divorced.

Jay was an avid,

low-handicap golfer, and

scored a hole-in-one at the

Carrington Country Club

in 1985. Health issues

forced his retirement from

the game a few years ago.

He grew up hunting and

fishing, skills he learned

from his dad, and spent

much time afield with his

brothers and

brothers-in-law

throughout his life.

He was a regular winter

visitor to Hawaii, and

knew the very best hotels,

restaurants, watering

holes and beaches. His

last wish was to have his

ashes scattered on Hawaii

beaches, and he left a

trust account with funds

for his entire family to

take him there to fulfill

that wish, which will like-

ly happen later this year.

He is survived by: his

siblings and their spouses,

including Jim Fuglie and

Lillian Crook, Laurelle

and Lyle Hilden, and Jill

and John Power, all of

Bismarck; Blair and

Phyllis Fuglie, Ephrata,

WA; Sue and Mike Kon-

stant, Spearfish, SD; and

Blake and Robin Fuglie,

Sioux Falls, SD. He has

joined his parents and his

niece McKenna Fuglie in

heaven.

Friends may leave con-

dolences and fond

memories for the family at

Williston’s Fulkerson

Stevenson Funeral Home

website,

www.fulkersons.com.

Jay was about as

good-hearted a man as the

city of Williston has ever

known. His brothers and

sisters and their spouses

and children, his Farmers

Union family, and his

friends, business associ-

ates and fellow Elks

members in his adopted

hometown, will miss him.