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Otto Walth

April 6, 1954-June 3, 2019

Otto Jay Walth, 65,

Max, died on Monday,

June 3rd, 2019. Funeral

services will be held on

Saturday at 1:00 pm at

Our Savior’s Lutheran

Church in Max. Burial

will be held at 3:30 pm at

Rosehill Cemetery in

Minot.

Otto was born April

6th, 1954 in Wishek,

North Dakota to Otto K.

and Lillian (Brown)

Walth. His only brother,

Howard, came along 9

years later. After gradua-

tion from Wishek High

School, Otto served his

country for 4 1/2 years

with the United States Air

Force as a Radio Relay

Equipment Repairman

spending most of his en-

listment at Tinker Air

Force Base near Oklaho-

ma City. Otto then served

as a police officer in Wat-

ford City before serving

the citizens of McLean

County as a Sheriff’s

Deputy for 37 years work-

ing nights most of the

time.

Otto married Patti, the

love of his life on May

16th, 1981. They were

married for 22 years. Patti

died in November of 2003

and Otto was never quite

the same again.

Otto had several unique

talents. He was a licensed

private pilot and owned a

Cessna 182 airplane. Otto

was an amateur radio

operator, licensed as an

“Amateur Extra”. His call

sign was KB0VOB and he

was able to send and re-

ceive Morse Code at 20

words per minute. He

served as an Authorized

Volunteer Examiner be-

fore his key went silent.

Otto also built his own

“Heathkit” testing equip-

ment that he used to

repair vehicles and was a

skilled welder. Otto dab-

bled in several side

businesses, but he loved

fireworks and was a

member of the Pyrotech-

nics Gild International

and participated in many

of their conventions. He

shared his love of fire-

works with the communi

ty and anyone who

showed interest.

Otto was known as a

nice guy and had a very

kind heart. Some of his

favorite times were spent

volunteering with the Sal-

vation Army cooking and

serving Thanksgiving

dinners. He would go out

of his way to help any of

his friends or anyone in

need.

Otto was preceded in

death by: his wife, Patti,

his parents, grandparents

and several aunts and un-

cles.

Family: He leaves his

bother Howard,

sister-in-law Sheri,

nephews Alex, Jordan and

Ryan, his Aunt Florence

Nemitz, his Uncle Gordon

and Aunt Darlene Walth,

and several cousins.

The last few years have

been difficult for Otto,

and on his behalf heartfelt

gratitude is extend to his

family dressed in brown

at the McLean County

Sheriff’s Department.

Also, the team of care-

givers at CHI St. Alexius

Health, both in Garrison

and Bismarck, especially

the KDU, PCU, ICU &

Surgical floors as well as

the so-very-kind UND

Family Practice residents.

Otto was a private per-

son with a few close

friends who helped him

out on a daily basis, some-

times with daunting tasks.

Your kindness towards

Otto has not gone unno-

ticed and you are most

certainly appreciated.

Thompson Funeral

Home, Garrison