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Vance Conway

Jan. 21, 1941-June 27, 2017

Vance Conway, 76,

Minot, ND, formerly of

Westhope, ND, passed

away Tuesday, June 27,

2017, in a Minot hospital.

Vance Leon Conway

was born on January 21,

1941, the son of Roger and

Francis (Moon) Conway,

in Minot, ND. He was

raised and educated in

Westhope, ND and attend-ed college at NDSU Bot-

tineau, where he received

his Associate’s Degree. He

followed up his education

in Special Education at

Minot State University.

Vance was enlisted in

the United States Army in

1960 and was stationed

with the 2nd Infantry Re-

giment in Augsburg, Ger-

many. He proudly served

his country until his

honorable discharge in

1962.

Vance married the love

of his life, Darleen Boye,

on July 26, 1963 in Garde-

na, ND . They made their

final home in Minot, ND

and raised four children.

Vance was a little

league baseball coach in

Westhope, ND. He was a

member and commander

of the Westhope VFW and

District Vice Commander

of the VFW. He was

President of the Vets club

at NDSU Bottineau and

Minot State University.

He was a member, owner,

driver and served as

Secretary and President of

the Nodak Race Club. He

was a member of ABATE,

life member of the Nation-al Harley Owners Group

(HOG), NRA, and the

American Legion.

Vance enjoyed life with

his wife of 53 years, (they

would have celebrated

their 54th anniversary in

July) kids, grandkids,

great-grandkids and his

five furry Dachshunds.

He loved to ride his Har-

ley, travel, camp, boat,

and spend time at the

farm east of Kramer mow-

ing grass and relaxing

from Minot life. He was

also a diehard fan of

heavy metal music and

the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He was a collector of Star

Trek, Harley memorabilia,

coins, wolves, and guns.

He was also a lifetime

watcher of The Three

Stooges, the Pink Panther

movies and Looney

Tunes.

Surviving family in-

cludes:

Wife of 53 years, Dar-

leen Conway, Minot; chil-

dren, Sean (Kim) Conway,

Bismarck, Shanette (Per-

ry) Miller, Minot, Sheri-

dan (Denise) Conway,

Moseley, VA and Shan-

non (Dale) Mindt, Chaska,

MN; grandchildren, Sa-

mantha, Cassandra,

Ashleigh, Shane, Christo-

pher, Austin, Alexandria,

Kendall, Erika and Aryan-

na; great-grandchildren,

Brayden, Briella and

Blaysen; one brother; one

sister; and numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Vance was preceded in

death by his parents.

Memorial Service: Sa-

turday, July 1, 2017 at

1:00 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home Chapel, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: There will be

no reviewal, but friends

are invited to sign the re-

gister book an hour before

the service.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).