Marlan Engstrom

Marlan R. Engstrom, 69,

Minot, passed away Sun-

day, April 11, 2021 in a

Minot hospital with his

family by his side. Marlan

Royce Engstrom was born

on June 27, 1951, a son of

Noel and Rachel (Weston)

Engstrom in Minot, ND.

He was raised and educat-ed in Antler, where he

graduated from Antler

High School in 1970. Fol-

lowing his graduation, he

began working within the

construction field, work-

ing for B and G Construc-

tion until 1990. In 1990,

he returned to college, at-

tending Minot State

University where in 1995,

he graduated with honors,

earning a Bachelor’s of

Science degree in educa-

tion, He was a history

teacher within the Minot

Public Schools until his

retirement in 2017. On

December 29, 2015, Mar-

lan was united in mar-

riage to Dawn Johnson.

They made their home in

Minot, where together

they enjoyed fishing,

spending time with fami-

ly, especially the

grandchildren and attend-ing their activities. He

also enjoyed hunting, the

annual tradition of mak-

ing potato sausage, doing

sudoku puzzles and his

morning bike rides. Mar-

lan is survived by: Wife

Dawn; Daughters Trisha

Engstrom, Melody Shel-

key; Grandchildren:

Alexis and Kaitlyn Hol-

man, Riley Lefever and

Keira Shelkey; Sister: Kim

(Dean)Rosberg; step- chil-

dren: Jared Lord and John

Johnson;brothers-in-law

Jerry Jacobs and Gary

Hunter several nieces,

nephews and cousins also

survive. He was preceded

in death by his parents, a

brother Renny Engstrom,

and sisters Connie Jacobs

and Judy Hunter. Visita-

tion: There will be no re-

viewal, as cremation has

taken place, however,

people may sign a guest

register on Saturday,

April 17, 2021 from 10 am

until service time at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot

Memorial Service: Satur-

day, April 17, 2021 at 11

am at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home Chapel,

Minot. All local CDC

guidelines will be fol-

lowed. The memorial ser-

vice will be livestreamed

and may be viewed on the

linkavailable on Marlan’s

obituary page on

www.thompsonlarson.

com Burial: A private

family committal service

will take place.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www.

thompsonlarson.com).