Vernon Albert Dockter
June 19, 1924-August 16, 2018
Vernon Albert Dockter,
94 of Minot, ND formerly
of Martin, died Thursday,
August 16, 2018 at Trinity
Homes in Minot.
Funeral services will be
at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Au-
gust 20 at the Immanuel
Baptist Church, Minot,
ND.
Visitation will be from
3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at
the Hertz Funeral Home,
Harvey, ND.
Burial will be at 3 p.m.
Monday at the Martin
Baptist Cemetery, Martin,
ND.
Vernon was born on
June 19, 1924 on a farm
southwest of Martin, ND.
He was the youngest of
twelve children born to
Jacob and Marie (Henne)
Dockter. He grew up on
the family farm and at-
tended the Berlin Town-
ship Country School.
Vernon graduated from
the Martin High School in
1943.
Vernon and Dorothy
Eckart were united in
marriage on November 11,
1945 in Martin. They
spent the first two years of
their married life on a
farm southwest of there.
They moved into Martin
in the fall of 1948 where
he operated a Standard
Oil bulk station. He was
then employed by the Soo
Line Railroad from Oc-
tober 1950 until retiring
as a conductor in 1986.
Dorothy died on August
23, 1999. He moved to
Minot in 2000. He en-
joyed an active retire-
ment. He followed his
grandchildren and attend-ed their school activities.
He also worked for the
Theodore Roosevelt
Medora Foundation in
Medora during the sum-
mer months from 2001 to
2003. He also worked at
Miracle Mart, was a sub-
stitute mail truck driver
and served as a Walmart
Greeter. Vernon’s hobbies
included walking, riding
bike, fishing and took
pride in being known as
the “Fix-it Man”
Vernon was attending
the Immanuel Baptist
Church in Minot and was
a member of the Martin
Baptist Church.
Vernon is survived by
four children, Sherwin
(Sharon) Dockter of Rapid
City, SD, Mark (Debra)
Dockter of Clancy, MT,
Vicki (Tim) Miller of
Minot, Barry (Lori)
Dockter of Minot; eight
grandchildren; nine great-
grandchildren; one sister,
Viola Filler of Harvey.
Vernon was preceded
in death by his wife;
parents; brothers Bennie
as infant, Edward, Henry,
Wilbert; sisters, Edna
Heitmann, Elsie Dockter,
Alma Heitmann, Emma
Heitmann and Ruth
Reimche, Esther Reimche.
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