Mark S. Nelson

Licensed Funeral Director

Troy S. Senger

Owner/Licensed Funeral Director

Troy was born in Williston, ND. He grew up on a farm in rural Benson County, ND, and graduated from Sheyenne High School. He attended UND-Lake Region College in Devils Lake, ND, and graduated from Mid-America College of Funeral Service in Jeffersonville, IN, with a degree in Mortuary Science in 1993. He married Cindy Toso of Devils Lake in 1994. In 1995, they moved to Cando, ND, where he worked for the Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home. In 1999, they moved to Grafton, ND, where he went to work for a local funeral home there. He returned to manage the Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home in August of 2010. Troy and Cindy purchased the Dunnigan-Dix Funeral Home in Cando, ND, and the Nelson Funeral Homes in Maddock, Leeds, and Minnewaukan, ND, in November 2014. In 2019, Troy and Cindy purchased the Nelson Funeral Homes in Fessenden and Drake, ND. Troy and Cindy have a daughter, Haylee, and a granddaughter, Paisley. Troy currently serves on the I.O.O.F. Cemetery Board, Cando Community Library Foundation Board, and is a member of Cando Lutheran Church, the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association, where he served from 2012 to 2021 as District Governor, President, and Past President, and the National Funeral Directors Association

Dustin Pierson

Licensed Funeral Director

Dusty is originally from Fessenden, ND, where he graduated from high school in 2004. While attending school at the University of North Dakota, Dusty worked for a local funeral home in Grand Forks, ND, for nearly six years. In 2011, he earned an Associate of Applied Science Degree from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in Houston, TX. He worked in a corporate-structured funeral industry for nearly two years while attending mortuary school. Dusty moved to Langdon, ND, upon graduating, where he worked for the Brooks, Dunnigan Dix and Nelson Funeral Home for almost three years. Dusty moved to Fargo, ND, to work at The Dakota Monument Company as Production Manager before moving to Maddock, ND. Dusty married Brittney Lund of Grygla, MN, in 2013. Brittney is a nurse and will be working at the Maddock Memorial Home. Dusty and Brittney are both honored to be members of the Maddock community and look forward to serving families in and around the area.