Wallace Garbe

Wallace “Wally” G.

Garbe, 88, Minot, former-

ly of Kramer, ND, died

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

in a Minot Hospital.

Wally was born June

20, 1931 at Bottineau,

North Dakota, the son of

Walter and Lillie (Thiel)

Garbe. He was raised and

educated at Kramer and

graduated from Kramer

High School in 1949. He

attended Jamestown Col-

lege for a year and then

Minot State College,

where he received a de-

gree in Secondary Educa-

tion.

Wally continued to as-

sist with the operation of

the family farm near Kra-

mer and entered into ac-

tive duty service with the

U.S. Army in 1956. He

honorably served his

country until 1958, when

he was discharged and re-

turned to North Dakota.

Wally taught in Kramer

before he entered the mil-

itary and in Bottineau

after he was discharged.

He moved to Minot in

1960, where he became

employed with First Na-

tional Bank.

Wally was united in

marriage to Neola Kofoid

on November 26, 1969 in

Minot. They made their

home in Minot, where he

continued working at the

bank as a loan officer un-

til 1978. He worked for a

time at Northern Trophy

and Engraving until retir-

ing in 1996. Wally moved

to Edgewood Vista in May

of 2018. He, along with

his family, really appreci-

ated the love and care he

received from the staff

there.

Wally was a longtime

member of St. Mark’s

Lutheran Church, Minot,

where he had served as an

usher. He was also a

member of the Minot

American Legion, Minot

Gun Club, Minot Jaycees

and Magic City Drift Bus-

ters Snowmobile Club.

Throughout the years, he

had enjoyed bowling,

wood working, clock mak-

ing, dancing, fishing,

camping, hunting and

trapping.

He is survived by: his

wife, Neola, Minot; sister,

Linda (Allen) Bjornson,

Minot; brothers-in-law,

Maynard Kuebler (Inez

Nathan), Minot & Jim

Kofoid, Bottineau; nieces,

Kristi (Jeb) Fredriksen,

Denise (Ray) Kofoid Corbo

& Michelle (Scott) Byrd;

nephews, Shane (Tara)

Bjornson & Oliver Kofoid;

great-nieces and nephew,

Riley Bjornson, Vinson

(Christina) Corbo, Alyssa

Corbo, Alexis Corbo;

Maya and Trevor Byrd;

great-great-nephew, Mala-

chi Corbo; godson, Ronald

Gust.

Wally was preceded in

death by his parents; a

sister, Shirley Kuebler;

father-in-law and

mother-in-law, John and

Emma Brudwick Kofoid.

Service: Following Gov.

Burgum’s guidelines,

there will be a Private

Family Service by invita-

tion in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot on

Monday, March 23, 2020

at 1:00 p.m. A live stream

of the service will be

broadcasted at

(mtmsales.net/live)

A Public Visitation will

be held on Sunday, March

22, 2020 from 4:00-6:00

p.m. in Thomas Family

Funeral Home, Minot.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot.

In lieu of flowers or

plants memorials are pre-

ferred to St Mark’s Luth-

eran Church or an organi-zation of the donor’s

choice.

Those wishing to sign

the online memorial regis-

ter or share memories at

(www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com).