Wallace Garbe
June 20, 1931-March 17, 2020
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).