Mike Klein

Mike Klein, 53, Minot

and formerly of Langdon,

died on Wednesday, Sep-

tember 11, 2019, in a

Minot hospital from com-

plications related to an

ATV accident at Lake

Metigoshe on August 31,

2019. His loving family

was at his side.

Michael John Klein was

born on October 14, 1965,

in Langdon, ND, to Darrol

and Marlene (Anderson)

Klein. He was raised and

educated in Langdon,

baptized and confirmed at

United Lutheran Church

and received his GED in

1984. He continued his

education at AVTI College

in East Grand Forks, MN,

graduating in 1987 with a

degree in diesel mechan-

ics. Mike was once mar-

ried to Vicki Platz. They

moved to Minot in 1992.

Mike and his wife,

Shelley, have been togeth-er for the past 16 years.

He held various jobs in-

cluding, but not limited

to, Prairie Truck Equip-

ment, City of Minot and

most recently as a parts-

man and salesman at Tuff

Trucks.

Mike was an active

member of Pheasants For

the Future and was

known for his smile and

infectious laugh. He espe-

cially enjoyed hunting,

fishing, grilling on his

smoker, riding motorcy-

cle, watching football,

spending time at Lake

Metigoshe and being with

family and friends. Also,

he enjoyed camping, boat-

ing, enduro cars and col-

lecting NASCAR memora-bilia.

Mike’s loving family in-

cludes his wife, Shelley;

parents: Darrol and Mar-

lene Klein of Minot; sister:

Michelle (Terry) Heck of

Miles City MT; Shelley’s

parents: Harold and

Avonne Gessner of Bot-

tineau; sisters-in-law:

Tammy (Mike) Hall of

Newburg and Debbie Nel-

son of Minot; nieces and

nephews: Nicholas

(Tahnee) Magnus, Amber

Magnus, Bethany (Justin)

Hughes, Jameson (Libby)

Hall, Jasmine (Jake)

Tengesdal, Elizabeth Nel-

son (Zac Elgie), Jordan

Nelson and Alex Nelson;

great nieces and great

nephews: Nicholas Mag-

nus, Dennis and Harrison

Hughes and Piper Tenges-

dal and several aunts, un-

cles and cousins.

Mike was preceded in

death by his grand-

parents: Andrew and Myr-

tle (Horpestad) Klein and

John and Clara (Olson)

Anderson as well as

several aunts, uncles and

cousins.

Visitation: Monday

from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00

p.m. at Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Funeral Service: Tues-

day, September 17, 2019

at 11:00 a.m. in Our Sa-

vior Lutheran Church –

Bottineau.

Interment will be in the

Oak Creek Cemetery – Bot-

tineau.

Memorials are pre-

ferred.

Memories and con-

dolences can be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.