Funeral Funds for Joseph Wolery-Anderson

Debbie Engebretsen-Wolery is organizing this fundraiser.

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Hi, my name is Debbie Wolery. I am raising funds for my son, Joseph Wayne Wolery-Anderson, age 41, funeral, cremation and Celebration of Life Memorial service.

Joseph, his wife, and their four children moved to North Dakota for a fresh start and since have had significant emergencies and roadblocks that have hindered their progress in creating a home for their family. Initially, they were purchasing a house built in 1900 unfit for living as the rock foundation was crumbling. Joseph had difficulty finding work and ended up doing odd jobs to keep the family afloat. On March 22, 2022, he was on the job one day at Remack Welding in Forman when he had a significant heart attack. His fellow workers performed CPR until Joe was expedited by emergency responders to the hospital, where he died for 6 minutes before revival.

On the 5th of July 2022, he had a minor heart attack. At that time, he was still unemployed and denied services from SSA. From the 21st of July to August 9th, Joseph had severe Covid-19, along with his family. Joe and his wife applied for a 1/2 acre land grant, which was finally approved around July 29, 2022. He had an application at Bobcat, which was also delayed until October 1, 2022. With the odds stacked against him, he pushed forward through temperatures in the 90s and 14-hour days to meet his deadline to complete the house by October 2022. They had been preparing to pour concrete for two weeks, and concrete delivery was never delivered on schedule, which caused intense stress on Joseph. Nine delivery dates were canceled at the last minute, and his deadline for building their home was October 2022.

When the final concrete delivery was canceled on Tuesday, August 16th, Joe's stress level was through the roof.

He passed away around 3 am the morning of August 17, 2022.

His wife and children, and family are devastated by his death.

Money is tight, and everyone has felt the financial sting of rising costs. His remains have been cremated and are in the process of being shipped home to Washington. I would like to extend my thanks and gratitude to those who assisted in getting my daughter-in-law and her kids home to Washington. She arrived at her mother's house where she can receive the love and compassion she needs from her mom!

Thank you Andy, I would like to thank you and bless you for all your help! ❤️‍

Everyone that has donated is awesome we still are working on cremation, remains shipping, death certificate, memorial service at this time. Many expenses incured during this challenging time we're extremely challenging for me, his mother and the family he left behind.

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