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Joseph C. Spain

Aug. 4, 1944-Oct. 26, 2017

Joseph Clyde “Joe”

Spain, 73, formerly of

Minot, died Thursday,

October 26, 2017 in Casa

Grande, Arizona.

Joe was born on August

4, 1944 at Minot, North

Dakota to Clyde and Mar-

garet (O ‘Meara) Spain. He

was raised and educated

at Minot and graduated

from Minot High School

in 1962. He enlisted with

the U.S. Navy on June 12,

1962 and was honorably

discharged on August 25,

1965.

Joe returned to North

Dakota and was united in

marriage to Marilyn Her-

manson on June 14, 1969

at New Town, ND. They

made Minot their home,

where Joe was employed

with Souris River Tele-

phone in Minot and

Towner until 1975. He

then joined the family

business and owned and

operated, with his brother

Jim, Spain’s Transfer

while they resided in New

Town and then Stanley

before moving back to

Minot in 2005. In 2004, he

began employment with

Magnum Transportation

as an independent

owner-operator until his

retirement in 2009. For

the past several years he

had resided in Arizona

during the winter months

and at Lake Audubon dur-

ing the summer months.

Joe was a member of St.

Leo’s Catholic Church,

Minot and was a former

member of the Queen of

the Most Holy Rosary

Catholic Church in Stan-

ley.

Joe enjoyed hunting,

fishing, reading,

story-telling, laughing and

spending time with his

grandchildren.

His loving family in-

cludes: his wife of 48

years, Marilyn; children:

Tammy (Shane) Marmon,

Minot and Kelly (George)

Crawley, Bismarck; 6

grandchildren: Sheldon

and Sydney Marmon,

Heaven, Makayla and

George Crawley and Jus-

tin Fisher; siblings: Di-

anne (Robert) Chirpich,

Plymouth, MN, Susan

(Doug) Kjos, Minot and

John (Michelle) Spain,

Castle Rock, CO; sister in

law, Margaret Spain of

Lake Audubon, ND and

several nieces, nephews

and cousins. He will be

greatly missed by his lov-

ing family.

Joe was preceded in

death by: his parents,

brother Jim, nephew Dan-

ny Chirpich, and in-laws:

James “Ollie” and Justine

Hermanson.

Mass of Christian Buri-

al: Friday, November 3,

2017 at 11:00 a.m. in St

John the Apostle Catholic

Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Prayer Service: Thurs-

day at 7:00 p.m. in Tho-

mas Family Funeral

Home.

Visitation: Thursday

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

p.m. in the Thomas Fami-

ly Funeral Home, Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories are

invited to use the expres-

sions of sympathy section

at (www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com)