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Wesley Vix

May 24, 1926-Sept. 22, 2017

Wesley Donald Vix, 91,

Minot and formerly of rur-

al Sawyer, went to his

heavenly home on Friday,

September 22, 2017, after

passing away peacefully

at a Minot nursing home.

Wesley was born on

May 24, 1926, on a farm

southwest of Harvey,

North Dakota to Emanuel

and Martha (Seibel) Vix.

In 1929, the Vix family

moved to a farm they pur-

chased south of Sawyer,

which remains the family

farm. Wesley worked

with his father on the

farm and, as a member of

4H, raised a steer that

won the grand champion-ship at the North Dakota

State Fair. He graduated

from Sawyer High School

in 1943.

Wesley was married to

Mavis (Balzer) Vix at the

Harvey Mennonite

Brethren Church on Oc-

tober 7, 1955, and they

took up residence on the

family farm, where they

raised their two sons and

continued to reside until

moving to Arbor Crest

condominiums in 2002.

Although farming was

his vocation, Wesley had

many skills. As a young

adult he was a lineman

for the rural telephone

service, and was often

called out to climb the

poles to make repairs in

inclement weather. He

was a self-taught car-

penter, mechanic and

plumber, and his skills as

an electrician, learned

from a book he bought

from a Sears catalog, were

utilized by many in the

Sawyer area.

Wesley served as

treasurer of the Ward

County Crop Improve-

ment Association for 27

years and was given a life

membership in 1974. He

also served a term as Vice

President of the North

Dakota State Crop Im-

provement Association.

As a young man, Wes-

ley accepted Jesus Christ

as his Lord and Savior

and was baptized into

membership at the

Sawyer Mennonite

Brethren Church. He

served that congregation

as treasurer, trustee and

music director, and was

later also trustee at Bible

Fellowship Church in

Minot.

After his faith, the most

important thing in

Wesley’s life was his fami-

ly. His grandchildren

were very special to him,

and he was always in-

terested in their activities

and abilities.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents;

brother, Arthur (Emma)

Vix; an infant daughter;

and daughter-in-law, An-

nette Vix.

He is survived by: his

wife of 61 years and 50

weeks, Mavis; son, Lyn-

don, Maize, KS and his

children, Kayla, Kelyn

(Marissa), and Kyndra

(Jacob) Mullins; son, Ken-

ton (Violet), Sawyer and

his children, Jessica (Joel)

Allen; Braden, Angela and

Peyton; sister, Mariann

(Lavern) Quiring, Aurora,

NE; and many nieces and

nephews, cousins, in-laws

and friends.

Celebration of the Life

Service: Thursday, Sep-

tember 28, 2017 at 11:00

a.m. at the Bible Fellow-

ship Church.

Interment: Mennonite

Brethren Cemetery, rural

Sawyer, following a fel-

lowship at the church.

Visitation: Wednesday,

September 27, 2017 from

3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in

Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to Bible Fellowship

Church, Samaritan’s

Purse or a charity of the

donor’s choice.

Those wishing 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.