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Ronald Hammer

March 17, 1923-Jan. 3, 2018

Ronald “Pat” Hammer,

94, Minot, died Wednes-

day, January 3, 2018 in a

Minot Nursing Home.

Ronald was born March

17, 1923 at Forget,

Saskatchewan, Canada,

the son of Ernest and

Caroline (Moat) Hammer.

He moved with his family

to the Velva area in 1930,

prior to the family moving

to Minot in 1937. He gra-

duated from Minot High

School in 1940 and en-

tered into the Civilian

Conservation Corps.

Ronald was united in

marriage to Eleanor Hov-

land on July 1, 1942 in

Fargo, North Dakota.

He was drafted into the

U.S. Army in 1943 and

honorably served his

country during World

War II in the European

and African Theater of the

war. He was honorably

discharged in 1946 and

later was called up during

the Korean Conflict.

Ronald began employ-

ment with the U.S. Postal

service in 1948, working

as a mail carrier, clerk and

eventually supervisor all

with the Post Office in

Minot, until retiring in

1978. Together, he and

Eleanor raised their five

children. They had re-

cently celebrated their

75th Wedding Anniver-

sary.

Ronald was a member

of St. Paul’s Lutheran

Church, Minot. He was

also an active member of

the local VFW Post #753,

American Legion Post

#26 and Postal Mail car-

riers union. He served

with the VFW honor

guard in presenting flags

to countless veterans.

During his younger years,

he was a Boy Scout leader

and Little League Baseball

Coach. In his retirement

years, he enjoyed garden-

ing, doing handyman

work, watching baseball –

especially the Minnesota

Twins, along with spend-

ing time with his

grandchildren and attend

ing their sporting events.

Dad was kind and gen-

erous, always offering ad-

vice, encouragement and

a helping hand to anyone

in need. He always ap-

preciated the help he was

given, expressing a ‘thank

you’ to us. Dad we now

want to say thank you for

all that you have done for

us! We love you and will

miss you.

His loving family in-

cludes, wife, Eleanor,

Minot; children, Patricia

(Robert) Dzur, New

Braunfels, TX; Ronald E.

(Betty) Hammer, Petalu-

ma, CA; Rodney Hammer,

Santa Rosa, CA, Roger

Hammer, Minot, LaDonna

(Kelly) Wurgler, Minot;

grandchildren Robert

(Stephanie) Dzur, Roxann

Dzur, Katrina Hammer,

Jennifer Hammer,

Matthew Wurgler & Blake

(Tensy) Wurgler;

step-grandchildren,

Marcus (Cathleen) Schrier

& Jason Schrier;

great-grandchildren, Cher-

ry & Micky Dzur; 4

step-great grandchildren;

his sister, Lois Manz,

Minot; along with several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Ronald was preceded

in death by his parents,

step-father, Carl Dreier;

brothers, Loren Hammer

and Fred Dreier and sis-

ters, Marie Vandeberg and

Inez Fahy.

Funeral service: Thurs-

day, January 11, 2018 at

11:00 a.m. in St Paul’s

Lutheran Church, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

Visitation: Wednesday

from 3:00-6:00 p.m. in

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)