E. Michael Timm
May 20, 1937-August 17, 2018
E. Michael Timm, 81,
former longtime ND Legis-
lator and Minot Business
man, died Friday, August
17, 2018 in a Minot Hos-
pital.
Mike was born May 20,
1937 at Minot, North
Dakota, the son of Arthur
and Flossie (Tesarik)
Timm. He was raised and
educated in Minot, gra-
duating from Minot High
School in 1955. He then
enlisted with the U.S. Ma-
rine Corps in August of
1956 and honorably
served his country for two
years.
After receiving his
honorable discharge in
August of 1958, Mike re-
turned to North Dakota
and attended Minot State
College and Minot Busi-
ness College. He was unit-
ed in marriage to Sonja
Froseth on June 6, 1959 at
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Minot. They
made their home in
Minot, where he assisted
his father with the opera-
tion of Timm Moving and
Storage until his father’s
death. He then took over
the company as owner
and operator from 1959,
until he retired and sold
the business in 2000.
Mike honorably served
North Dakota in the State
Legislature in the House
of Representatives for 32
years. He was active in a
number of capacities,
some of which included:
Speaker of the House in
1997, Vice-chair of the
Appropriations Commit-
tee, vice-chair and chair-
man of the Transportation
Committee, and chairman
of the Tax and Finance
Committee. He also
served the Minot Business
community on the Board
of Directors for First Bank,
Trustee for the ND Viking
Fund, member and past
President of the Minot
Jaycees and Board
member of the Minot
Development Association.
He was also a member
and past President of the
Motor Carrier Association,
member of the Minot
Country Club, Minot Soft-
ball Association, Minot
Elks, Eagles Aerie, Moose
Lodge and Lions Club,
where he served the club
as President.
After his retirement,
Mike enjoyed spending
time with family, grand-
children and friends at
their summer home on
Lake Metigoshe. His hob-
bies and interests includ-
ed: golfing, hunting, bowl-
ing, snowmobiling, along
with attending his grand-
children’s activities.
His loving family in-
cludes, wife of 59 years,
Sonja Timm; children,
Lisa (Waid) Wrege, Boyn-
ton Beach, FL, Mark (Bet-
sy) Timm, Germantown,
WI, Tonia (Todd) Manion,
Easton, PA, Tasha (Les)
Simons, Minot; 12 grand-
children to include:
Michael, Catherine &
Nicole Timm; Aiden & Ri-
ley Manion; Taylor,
Grace, Abby, Patrick,
Ryen, Kasey & Shayne
Simons; brother, Arthur
(Nancy) Timm, An-
chorage, AK; several
nieces, nephews and
cousins.
Mike was preceded in
death by his parents;
grandson, Travis Eldridge
O’ Connor; brother,
Gerald Timm and a sister,
Pat McCune.
Celebration of Life ser-
vice: Friday, August 24,
2018 at 1:00 p.m. in First
Assembly of God Church,
Minot.
Interment: Rosehill
Memorial Park, Minot.
Visitation: Thursday,
August 23, 2018 from
3:00-6:00 p.m. in Thomas
Family Funeral Home,
Minot.
In lieu of flowers or
plants, the family prefers
memorials to St Jude’s
Children’s Hospital, Meti-
goshe Ministries, Minot
VFW Post, Minot Youth
For Christ or an organiza-
tion of the donor’s choice.
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).