Fred Maercklein

Minot died on Saturday,

November 28, 2020 in a

Minot nursing home.

Frederick William was

born on September 22,

1928 in Ashley, ND to

William and Fayette (Col-

lins) Maercklein. He was

raised there and in Minot

where the family moved

in 1932. Fred was educat-ed in Minot, graduated

from Minot High School

in 1946 and attended

Minot State College. He

entered the U.S. Army on

October 4, 1946 at Fort

Snelling, MN and served

in Korea with Company D

of the 6th Medical Bat-

talion prior to his honor-

able discharge as a Cor-

poral on August 7, 1948 at

Camp Stoneman, CA.

Fred had received the

World War II Victory

Medal and Army of Occu-

pation Medal – Japan dur-

ing his military service.

Fred married Donna

Gerard on September 4,

1949 in Minot. They made

their home in Minot prior

to Fred’s reenlistment

with the Medical Corps

on September 4, 1950 at

Camp McCoy, WI. He re-

ceived his honorable

discharge from the U.S.

Army Hospital at Camp

McCoy as a Sergeant on

September 1, 1951. Fol-

lowing his time with the

Medical Corps he re-

turned to Minot, contin-

ued his college education

before entering into busi-

ness with his father in

1952. Then, he became

self-employed as a farm

insurance/real estate

agent, income tax prepar-

er and farm management

services provider. Also,

he was the Ward County

Administrator for 25

years.

Following his retire-

ment, Fred enjoyed

spending the winter

months in San Diego, CA

for fifteen years. Donna

died on November 12,

2018.

Fred was an attendee of

Our Redeemer’s Church

and was a member of the

Elks Lodge, American Le-

gion and Minot Curling

Club. He especially en-

joyed traveling, fishing,

hunting, golfing, bowling

and curling.

Fred’s loving family in-

cludes: his children,

Cheryl Galan and Tamara

Tello, both of Tucson AZ,

Karen Trench of Wiscon-

sin Rapids WI and Dr.

Mark (Julie) Maercklein of

Minot; ten grandchildren

to include: Elisheva and

Jacob Galan; Nicholas Tel-

lo and Sarah Burns;

Joshua (Rori) Trench, Ali

(Tyson) Arzt, and Paige

Trench; April (Brock)

Lynne, Ashley (Blake)

Eggl, and Austin Maerck-

lein. two great grandchil-

dren to include: Haylee

and Paris; and several

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Fred was preceded in

death by: his parents,

wife, sister: Vivian Juliar

and son-in-law: Michael

Galan.

Public Visitation:

Wednesday, December 2,

2020 from 10 a.m. to noon

in Thomas Family Funeral

Home, Minot.

Graveside Service:

Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.in

Rosehill Memorial Park,

Minot.

Memorials are preferred

to the Minot Junior Golf

Association.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.