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Gerald Mahoney

Jan. 24, 1935-Nov. 12, 2020

Gerald M. Mahoney, 85,

Minot, ND, passed away

Thursday, November 12,

2020, at Trinity Hospital

in Minot.

Gerald Marlin Maho-

ney, son of Bernard J.

Mahoney Sr. and Lila

(Knudtson) Mahoney was

born on January 24th,

1935. He was raised in

Ryder, ND and graduated

from Ryder High School.

After graduation he enlist-ed in the US Navy and

was stationed in SC.

Upon his discharge from

the Navy he started work-

ing with the US Postal

Service in SC and within

a short time accepted a

transfer back to ND. He

made his home in Garris-

on for a short time and

then later in Minot. He

retired from the Post Of-

fice in 1990 after 30 years

of service. At retirement

he held the position of

Branch Manager of the

Minot Air Force Base Post

Office. He was very ac-

tive in the Postal Union

and was President of the

local union. He was a

member of the Moose

Lodge. He was especially

proud of his membership

in the American Legion

Post 26 for which he

served as a Post Com-

mander in 1982 & 1983.

He was elected into the

Past Commanders Club as

President 2001-2005. He

also served for many

years on the Legion Color

Guard. He was very proud

to serve in this roll, as he

said it allowed him to give

his fellow veterans the

honor they deserved.

Gerald loved to play pool

and was on a pool league

for many years as well as

play cards with his

friends. He loved to fish

and hunt. He was a great

dancer in his younger

years and looked forward

to the weekends to spend

time with friends. Gerald

was a strong-willed man

with high expectations of

himself and others but his

family was most impor-

tant to him and he loved

deeply.

Gerald is survived by:

wife of 33 years, Deb

(Anderson) Mahoney,

Minot; children, Sherry

Mahoney-Irvin, Charles-

ton, SC, Susan

Mahoney-Schmidt

(Gordy), Sawyer, ND, and

Michael (Tammie)

Mahoney, rural Minot;

step-children, Ticia

Kuglin, Grand Forks, Troy

Kuglin, rural Minot, Stacy

Kuglin, Grand Forks; six

grandchildren; three

great-grandchildren; and

many step-grandchildren;

and step great- grandchil-

dren; sisters, Rosella

Weber, Vinona (Cliff)

Rime, Patsy Trueblood,

Judy (Joe) Senger, Ilene

McFarlen, and Crystal

(Glen) Eslinger; and

numerous nieces and

nephews.

Gerald was preceded in

death by: his father and

mother, Bernard Sr., and

Lila Mahoney; sister

Cecilia Mahnke; brother,

Bernard Jr.; infant sister,

Mary and son, Patrick

Neal; father-in-law and

mother-in-law, LaVere

and Gladys Anderson;

brother-in-law, Daren

Anderson; step daughter-

in-law, Renata Lucier;

step great-granddaughter,

Kayla Mock.

Celebrating the Life of

Gerald:

Due to the Coronavirus

Pandemic, A Private Mass

of Christian Burial by in-

vitation will be held:

Wednesday, November

18, 2020, at 10:00 am at

St. Leo the Great Catholic

Church in Minot. Those

attending are required to

wear masks and social

distance.

Interment: Rosehill

Memorial Park, Minot,

ND.

Visitation: Tuesday

from 4 to 6 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to

YouTube

https://www.

youtube.com/ channel/

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Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www.

thompsonlarson.com).