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Wayne Dieterle

Nov. 1, 1940-May 15, 2017

Wayne Dieterle, 76,

Minot, formerly of Drake,

ND, died Monday, May

15, 2017, in a Garrison

nursing home.

Wayne was born No-

vember 1, 1940, on the

Dieterle family farm 8

miles south of Drake, ND,

to Arthur and Ida (Keller)

Dieterle. He completed

high school in Drake in

1959 and went on to

further his education in

Kansas at Ottawa Univer-

sity. He returned to ND

after a year in Kansas and

completed his Bachelor’s

Degree at the University

of North Dakota in Grand

Forks.

Wayne moved back to

the family farm and con-

tinued the family tradition

of raising cattle and small

grains for the next 30

years until his retirement

in 1997. He moved to

Minot, where he spent his

retirement supporting lo-

cal sports activities at

every level with a special

interest in Minot State

Basketball games for

many years, where he

often found his seat

behind the bench of the

opposition. He was a Dal-

las Cowboys fan, support-ing them through thick

and thin.

Wayne served the pa-

trons of the Magic City for

13 years as a taxi cab

driver for Taxi 9000. He

will be missed by all who

were blessed to share in

his life.

Surviving family in-

cludes his brother, Robert

(Joyce) Dieterle, Bismarck,

ND; special friend, Mary

Locken, Minot; nieces,

Jane Schleisman, Des

Moines, IA, Sarah Brough-

ton, Houston, TX, Jennifer

(Richard) Jacquemart,

Orono, MN, and Ann

Dieterle, Raleigh, NC;

nephews, Chuck (Jill)

Broughton, Madison, WI,

Henry (Kerry) Lonsdale,

San Francisco, CA, Scott

(Dawn) Dieterle, Valley

City, ND, and John (Ami)

Dieterle, Clearwater, FL,;

and a sister-in-law, Liz

Dieterle, Clearwater, FL.

Wayne was preceded in

death by his parents, sis-

ters, Betty Broughton and

Ramona Lonsdale, and

brother, Dwight Dieterle.

Funeral Service: 10:00

a.m. Friday, May 26,

2017, at the Thomas Fam-

ily Funeral Home, Minot.

Booksigning: Thurs-

day, May 25, 2017, from

2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.

at the Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Those wanting to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories and

condolences are invited to

use the expressions of

sympathy section at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.