Elmer Poline

Elmer Poline, 86 of

Minot, North Dakota,

formerly of Bowbells,

North Dakota, passed

away to his heavenly Fa-

ther on Wednesday even-

ing, May 19, 2020 at the

Wellington Assisted Liv-

ing in Minot, North Dako-

ta.

Elmer was born No-

vember 20, 1933 to

Wilhelm and Emma Po-

line in rural Burke Coun-

ty.

He served in the Army

from 1956 – 1958 where

he spent time in Korea.

Upon returning to

Bowbells, he was hired by

Burke County to mow

weeds. He worked for the

county for a year and

made a career change to

the oil fields. In 1966, he

was hired back by the

county as a motor grader

operator. The county’s

first blade operated by El-

mer was the Anston Wes-

ton, followed by a

machine called the

Adams. The county pur-

chased a 140 G Cat in

1975 and Elmer tallied

22,000 hours on it. In

1991, another new 140 G

arrived and Elmer added

9,500 hours to it. In 1998,

he retired after 40 years of

service.

Elmer was a member of

the United Methodist

Church where he served

as head usher for approxi-mately 30 years. He also

served with the Bowbells

Fire Department. In his

early retirement years, he

delivered meals for Meals

on Wheels. Fishing was

relaxing to him and we

enjoyed eating his smoked

fish. He loved lutefisk and

attended many church

dinners to enjoy this deli-

cacy. Elmer enjoyed gar-

dening and had a green

thumb with his tomatoes

and cucumbers. Reading

the newspapers (his favor-

ites being the Burke

County Tribune and the

Minot Daily News) with a

cup of coffee was an im-

portant part of the day. He

enjoyed having fun and

teasing his nieces and

nephews. One Christmas

we received the best gift

of all -Siamese kittens!

Elmer is survived by:

his sister, Irene Nordloef;

many nieces, nephews,

great nieces and nephews,

and great-greatnieces and

nephews.

He was preceded in

death by: his parents, sis-

ters and their husbands,

Ruth, Evelyn (Charles)

Becker and Marie (Ches-

ter) Masters, and brothers

and their wives, Clifford

(Pearl) Hubbell, Oscar

(Lila) Poline, Bill (Noreen)

Poline, and brother-in-law

Harlan Nordloef.

Elmer passed away

under the care of his lov-

ing caregivers from First

Light Home Care, Trinity

Health/Hospice, and the

Wellington Assisted Liv-

ing staff. We are so very

thankful for their caring

and compassion that they

gave him. May Elmer rest

in peace.

A private Graveside

Service will be held at the

Bowbells Community

Cemetery in Bowells, ND

on Wednesday, May 27,

2020 with military rites to

follow. A Celebration of

Elmer’s Life will be held

at a later date.

Springan Stevenson

Funeral Home of Stanley,

ND is assisting the family.

Friends may sign the

on-line register and give

their condolences at

www.springanstevenson.com.

The service will be

broadcast on the Fulker-

son Stevenson Facebook

page, please follow the

link on Elmer’s service in-

formation on our website

www.springan

stevenson.com.