Paul A. Iverslie

Paul A. Iverslie passed

away on Saturday, May

11, 2019, of natural

causes, in Mesa AZ.

Paul was born in Minot

on February 6th, 1945 to

Irwin & Alice (Emerson)

Iverslie. He was educated

in the Minot Public

Schools and attended

Minot State. As a youth

he learned how to play

the accordion & organ. In

later years he taught him-

self guitar & built his own

steel guitar.

While in college he be-

gan working for the Great

Northern Railroad on the

loading dock. He

remained with the rail-

road until his retirement

in 2005 from the BNSF.

He was the first clerk to

become a train dispatcher.

In 1969, he met the love

of his life, Margo Grasser,

at a Young Democrats

meeting. They married on

July 1, 1971. They had

one daughter. In 2009

they moved to Mesa, AZ

to be closer to Margo’s

family.

Paul had many and

varied interests. Politics,

economic theory, music

and learning anything that

struck his interest. He &

his father shared a love of

woodworking, and he

could frequently be found

in his workshop or on his

computer planning his

next project. He had a

particularly soft spot for

animals. He would say “If

it has four feet & fur, I can

get along with it.”

He was preceded in

death by: his parents,

Irwin & Alice Iverslie.

He is survived by: his

wife, Margo Iverslie,

Mesa, AZ, daughter Andi

(Jim) Iverslie-Folkner,

Mesa, AZ, grandchildren

AJ (Laura) Folkner, Lari-

more, ND & Kate Folkner,

Mesa, AZ, and his faithful

buddy, Fletcher. He also

has a great-grandson on

the way.

Friends may send con-

dolences and share

memories at

www.meldrum

mortuary.com