Keith Bird

Minot,ND, formerly of

Flaxton, ND, passed away

Wednesday, September

20, 2017, at Trinity

Homes in Minot, follow-

ing a battle with small cell

lung cancer.

Keith Wendell Bird was

born March 23, 1936, the

son of Arthur and Gudrun

(Grove) Bird, in Flaxton,

ND. He graduated from

Flaxton High School in

1954.

Keith enlisted in the

United States Navy in

June of 1954. He proudly

served his country during

the Korean and Vietnam

Wars and was awarded

the Good Conduct Medal,

the China Service Medal,

Vietnam Service Medal,

and the National Defense

Service Medal. At one

time, he was a

light-weight boxing cham-

pion on his Navy ship. He

was honorably discharged

in July of 1975, as a

Senior Chief Yeoman after

20 years of service to his

country.

During his time of en-

listment, he was awarded

a diploma from DeVry In-

stitute of Technology for

Home Entertainment Elec-

tronics Systems. He

repaired televisions and

radios and built an elec-

tric organ from scratch.

After that, he retired, leav-

ing Pensacola, FL, and

moved back to North

Dakota. He lived in the

Crosby, Columbus and the

Mohall areas before mov-

ing to Minot in 1991.

Keith married Sharen C.

(Voeller) Iverson October

18, 1996, in Minot. They

made their home in

Minot.

He was a member of

Minot American Legion

Post #26, and a former

member of the Eagles

Aerie.

He enjoyed golfing,

fishing, hunting, reading,

and putting puzzles to-

gether. He was a star pool

player and loved playing

Bridge and Pinochle. He

also enjoyed sitting out-

side watching his

grandchildren play in the

yard and visiting.

His lovingfamily in-

cludes: wife of 20 years,

Sharen, Minot;

step-children, Todd

(Kathy) Purington, Ft.

Wayne, IN, Renae (Daren)

Jespersen, Burlington,

ND, Kevin (Jessie) Puring-ton, Lafayette, LA, Jenny

(Steve) Roskelley, Minot,

ND, and Michael Iverson,

Minot, ND; 15

step-grandchildren; six

step-great

great-grandchildren; si-

blings, Leora (Darven)

Anderson, Bismarck, ND,

Howard (Shirley) Bird,

Sartell, MN, Stanley Bird,

Sutherlin, OR, Carol (Ber-

nard) Wittman, Bowbells,

ND, and Diane (Patrick)

Carpentier, Washburn,

ND; sisters-in-law, Mar-

gery Bird, Broomfield,

CO, and Colleen Durward,

Bowbells, ND; and many

nieces, nephews and

cousins also survive.

Keith was preceded in

death by his parents;

brothers, Ronald, Lloyd

and David Bird; sister,

Marion Kohler;

brother-in-law, Bob

Kohler; step-grandchild,

Tanner Jespersen; one

niece; and four nephews.

Memorial Service:

Thursday, September 28,

2017,at 1:00 p.m. at Our

Redeemer’s Lutheran-

Church, Minot.

Interment: Sunset

Memorial Gardens, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: There will

be no reviewal, but

friends may sign the re-

gister book onThursday

from one hour prior to the

service at the church.

Memorials: are pre-

ferred to the American

Cancer Society and the

Minot American Legion

Post #26.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

(www.thompson

larson.com).