Angeline “Angie” Margaret Nuss, a woman defined by her resilience, devotion to family, and a spirited joy for life, passed away peacefully on March 22, 2026. She was 84 years old. Angie’s Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Queen of Peace Catholic Church, Dickinson with Msgr. Thomas Richter as celebrant. Inurnment will take place at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Friday with a Rosary and Vigil at 6:30 p.m. with Deacon Leonard Krebs as presider. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the Mass at the church on Saturday.
Born to Michael and Magdalena (Dassinger) Herold on May 28, 1941, Angie’s life began in a sod house on the family homestead near Lefor, North Dakota. Her older sister helped name her, her mother—whose first language was German—struggled with the pronunciation, affectionately calling her “Eich-Line.”
Angie’s early life was marked by a quiet but fierce determination. During the summer between her freshman and sophomore years of high school, she underwent intensive surgery for scoliosis at Saint John’s Hospital in Fargo. Her recovery lasted six months, during which she kept up with her studies from her bed in Lefor via a PA system installed by the State of North Dakota. With the dedicated help of Sister Lamberta and the sisters at St. Elizabeth’s, Angie not only completed high school but was encouraged to pursue higher education.
She attended the University of North Dakota, where her studies in Medical Laboratory Technology were supported by the “Crippled Children’s Fund.” While interning at Saint Alexius Hospital in Bismarck, she reconnected with a former UND classmate, James Elroy Nuss. Jim and Angie wed at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church in Lefor in July 13,1963. Though she never envisioned herself as a “farm wife,” love moved her to Grant County to help Jim operate his family’s farm.
In 1973, Angie’s life changed forever when she was widowed following Jim’s battle with cancer. With three young children—Jamie, Jerry, and Jenn—she relocated to Dickinson in 1974 to be near her family. She provided for her family through a dedicated career at St. Joseph’s Hospital, where she worked for 35 years before her retirement.
Angie was active in her community, a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Ladies VFW Auxiliary, and the Happy Sing Along Group. A lifelong lover of music, she was a perennial season ticket holder for the Dickinson Area Concert Association. She found great joy in Broadway musicals, particularly the works of Rodgers and Hammerstein; Fiddler on the Roof remained a lifelong favorite.
Her home was a place of growth and play. She tended to her flower gardens, her indoor plants, and a patch of raspberry bushes that fueled years of homemade jams and jellies. She had a soft heart for animals, always keeping dog treats ready for family and neighborhood pets, especially her beloved “grand-dogs”, Lucy in particular.
Angie will be best remembered for her love of games. Whether at a bridge club or playing pinochle at the Dickinson Senior Center, she was happiest with a deck of cards in hand. Her round dining room table was the heart of her home, often squeezed tight with neighbors, children, or even the mail carrier, all invited in for a game of Ticket to Ride or Fast Track and a mini can of Diet Coke or cup of coffee.
As the “keeper” of the Herold family history, Angie preserved their German-Hungarian heritage through food—lovingly eating strudel, schupfnudel, and plachenda—and through her meticulous record-keeping. She created massive family history binders for the 1989 reunion and continued to update them for decades with Christmas cards, milestones, and, eventually, Facebook screenshots of her many nieces and nephews.
Angie’s life was anchored by a deep and unwavering Catholic faith. She was adamant about her presence at Mass, rarely missing a Sunday, and remained a faithful steward of her parish, Queen of Peace, through her lifelong commitment to tithing. Whether at her round dining room table or out at a restaurant, no meal began without a prayer of grace. Her faith wasn’t just a tradition; it was the quiet engine that powered her through her years as a young mother and widow.
Angie is survived by her three children, Jamie (Dean) Zastoupil of Fargo, Jerry (Jodie Dryden) of Fergus Falls, MN, and Jenn Nuss (Todd Brobst) of Hopkins, MN; five grandchildren, Garret Zastoupil, Grant Zastoupil, Benjamin (Emma Peterson) Nuss, Emily Nuss, and William Nuss; sister, Evelyn Herold; sister-in-law, Shirley Lord; brother-in-law, Robert (Mary Jo) Nuss; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Nuss; her parents; nine of her siblings: Katherine Wanner, Betty Hammel, George Herold, Frances Lawrence, Joe Herold, Rose Carlson, Regina Reindel, John Herold, Maggie Kuhn; her in-laws, Arthur & Alvina Nuss; and brother-in-law, Michael Lord.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church, Lefor.
