Dennis Ming

Wednesday, April 21st at

home.

A Mass of Christian

burial will be held at

12:30 p.m., Thursday,

April 29, 2021 at

Cathedral of the Holy

Spirit, 519 Raymond St.,

Bismarck. Visitation will

be held from 5:30-7p.m.,

Wednesday, April 28,

2021 with a rosary/vigil

service starting at 7p.m. at

Parkway Funeral Service,

2330 Tyler Parkway,

Bismarck.

Dennis was born on

June 8, 1953, in Dickinson

to Ray and Carol Ming,

the third of seven chil-

dren. He grew up on a

small grain farm

southwest of New Eng-

land, ND and graduated

from high school in 1971.

He served in the U.S.

Army and was stationed

in Schweinfurt, Germany,

and served in the National

Guard. He then attended

North Dakota State

University, earning B.S.

and M.S. degrees in Agri-

cultural Economics.

From 1981-86, he

worked as a research asso-

ciate at the Upper Great

Plains Transportation In-

stitute. He then took a

grain marketing position

with Soo Line/Canadian

Pacific Railroad in Minot

and worked in various

marketing positions for 10

years.

Dennis joined the Dako-

ta Missouri Valley and

Western Railroad in

Bismarck in 1996 as Vice

President of Marketing

and became part owner.

He retired in 2017 and

continued to serve on

DMVW’s executive board

and was an owner until

his death.

He also served on the

board of the North Dakota

Agricultural Products

Utilization Commission,

the Minot and Bismarck

Economic Development

Boards, the Midwest

Interstate Rail Commis-

sion Board, and SMCHS

Booster Board. He was

awarded the Upper Great

Plains Transportation

Institute’s Chairman’s

Award in 2018, which

recognizes individuals for

contributions to transpor-

tation, research, educa-

tion, and outreach at

NDSU, as well as contri-

butions to the viability of

the Institute. He was also

a trustee of the NDSU

Foundation and Alumni

Association.

Dennis married

Maureen Bosch in 1981 in

Fargo. Together they

raised three children. He

was a loving father and

thoroughly enjoyed at-

tending all of his

children’s activities. He

also enjoyed golfing,

hunting, bird watching,

and supporting NDSU

athletics, especially foot-

ball, as a Bison Team

Maker.

Dennis is survived by

his wife, Maureen; his

children, Andrew Ming,

Bismarck, Erin (Cody)

Wetzel, Omaha, Nebr.,

and Stefan (Linaya) Ming,

Bismarck; his grandchil-

dren, Avery Wetzel, Sut-

ton Wetzel, and Cullen

Ming; his siblings, Earl

(Karen) Ming, Sandy,

Oreg., William (Maria)

Ming, Aurora, Oreg., Dar-

ryl (Tracy) Ming, Sandy,

Oreg., Lynnette Ming,

Portland, Oreg., and Lau-

rie (Sherman) Delfino,

Roy, Wash.; his sisters-

in-law and brothers-in

law, Geraldine Bosch,

Minnetonka, Minn., Kevin

(Judy) Bosch, Goodyear,

Ariz., Derrick (Sari)

Bosch, Bismarck, Allan

Bosch, Ashley, ND, Darcy

(Brad) Karel, Bismarck,

and Ryan Bosch, Marico-

pa, Ariz.; and many

nieces and nephews.

Dennis was preceded in

death by his parents, Ray

Ming and Carol Ming

Hovet; his stepfather,

Donald Hovet; his father-

in-law and mother-in-law,

Andrew and Mary Bosch;

and his brother, Harry

Ming.

Memorials can be made

to the NDSU Foundation.

To share memories of

Dennis, view the lives-

tream and sign the online

guestbook, visit www.

parkway funeral.com