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Wayne Thompson

May 30, 1951-January 21, 2018

Wayne Thompson, 66,

Max, died Sunday, Janu-

ary 21, 2018 at the Garris-

on Hospital. Funeral ser-

vices will be held: on Fri-

day at 10:30 am at St. Ni-

cholas Catholic Church in

Garrison. Burial: will be

at St. Nicholas Cemetery

in Garrison. A rosary will

be said on: Thursday at

6:30 pm at Immaculate

Conception Catholic

Church in Max.

Visitation: will be held

on Thursday from 2 to 6

at the church in Max.

Wayne was born to Al-

len and Mildred (Elser)

Thompson on May 30,

1951 in Minot, ND. He

was raised on the farm

southeast of Max and at-

tended school in Max. He

enlisted in the National

Guard in November of

1969 and served until

1975. Wayne married

Cindy Polsfut on March 3,

1973 at Immaculate Con-

ception Catholic Church

in Max. They were in-

separable for 45 years.

They made their home in

Max where they raised

their 3 children, Jeremy,

Tracy and Angela.

Wayne worked various

construction jobs in the

Max/McLean County area

and farmed his family’s

land until the time of his

illness. He was a farmer

at heart and loved work-

ing his family’s land. He

was also very involved in

the community, including

the Max Fire Dept. from

1977 until the present.

He was also a part of the

Jaycees, Max Civic Club,

and numerous other or-

ganizations. Wayne

joined the Garrison-Max

Ambulance service in

1979 and was an EMT for

15 years and continued to

drive and help out at

much as he could. He

worked at Max Public

Schools for 21 years as

the custodian, and drive

school bus until 2016.

Wayne was a member

of Immaculate Conception

Catholic Church in Max,

and was a member of the

Knights of Columbus.

Wayne especially loved

his 8 grandchildren and

enjoyed watching them

grow up. It was rare that

he missed any event his

children or grandchildren

were involved in, whether

it was basketball, music

concerts, football, or the

ballet. Wayne also en-

joyed camping and spend-

ing time outdoors with his

grandchildren.

Wayne is survived by:

his wife Cindy, of 44

years, Jeremy (Karen)

Thompson, all of Max,

ND, Tracy (Jason) Hoke,

and Angela (Matthew)

Voight, all of Bismarck,

ND; grandchildren, Ni-

cholas and Joshua

Thompson, Faith, Eliza-

beth, Benjamin, and An-

drew Hoke, and Noah and

Trevor Voigt; brother,

Gary, Somerset, WI; three

sisters, Sharon (Eugene)

Neiss, Minot, Cynthia

(Thomas) Baker, Temple,

TX, and Patti (Alain)

Gardner, Cibolo, TX;

brother-in-law, Florian

(Rhonda) Mastey, Sartell,

MN; and many nieces,

nephews, and cousins.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents, Mil-

dred and Allen Thomp-

son, and his sister, Marian

(Thompson) Mastey.

To sign the online re-

gister go to

www.garrisonthompson.

com