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Joseph M. Dostert

March 18, 1924-June 9, 2021

Joseph M. Dostert of

Minot, North Dakota,

passed away Wednesday,

June 9, 2021, at the age of

97 in Trinity Medical

Center in Minot.

Joseph was born on

March 18, 1924, to

Anthony and Rosena

(Schmitz) Dostert at the

family farm near Burling-

ton, North Dakota. He was

raised and educated in

Lonetree and graduated

from Lonetree High

School in 1942. A farmer

before being drafted into

the U.S. Army in 1949, he

served in Japan at the end

of WWII. Following his

service, he was

discharged and returned

to North Dakota.

Joseph married Patricia

Carlson in Des Lacs on

June 10, 1950. He was

drafted again in No-

vember of 1950, and

served in the Korean War

before being honorably

discharged in 1952.

Joseph and Patricia

moved to Fargo, where he

attended North Dakota

State University and gra-

duated with a degree in

engineering. After gra-

duating, his career as a

civil engineer took him to

Rockford, Illinois, Grand

Forks, North Dakota, and

eventually Minot. He

worked for Sunstrand

Aviation, the Grand Forks

Air Force Base, Minot Air

Force Base, and Rivet

Mile before formally retir-

ing from there in De-

cember of 1990.

Joseph found many

ways to enjoy his long re-

tirement. He was a skilled

woodworker who crafted

birdhouses, clocks, furni-

ture, and toys that remain

treasures to the loved

ones that received them.

He was an avid coin col-

lector who gifted com-

memorative state quarter

books to his friends and

family. He was a dedicat-

ed walker, averaging two

miles a day at the North

Hill soccer complex, or

the Town and Country

Mall, well into his

nineties. He loved work-

ing in his yard, fixing

things in his garage, solv-

ing sudoku puzzles, mak-

ing pickles, baking pies,

whipping up batches of

his famous fudge, and was

a loyal Minnesota Twins

Fan.

After 64 years of

marriage, Patricia passed

away on January 30, 2015.

Joseph was blessed to

enjoy the comfort of the

home he lived in for 21

years, right until the end,

and until recently with

his beloved cat Sophie.

He was a proud member

of St. John the Apostle

Catholic Church for over

50 years, 30 of which he

served as an usher. He

was also a member of the

Knights of Columbus, the

VFW, the Eagles Aerie,

and the American Legion.

His loving family in-

cludes:

His children Patricia J.

(Russell) Gagnon, Gregory

S. (Katherine) Dostert,

Rose M. (Duane) Klein,

James A. (April) Dostert,

and Mary M. (Steve) Han-

son.

His grandchildren Cheri

Lindholm, Deanna Cocca,

Rachell (Shawn) Nunnel-

ly, Jessica (Jesse) Krueger

Reiter, Danielle Krueger

(Robert Harlan), Cole (La-

cey) Krueger, Calvin

(Nicole) Klein, Adam (Tri-

cia) Klein, Bryce (Monica)

Klein, Dane Dostert, Elise

Dostert, Amanda (Tim El-

mer) Dostert, Chelsea Dos-

tert, Zachary Dostert, De-

vin and Chase Dostert,

and Ian and Drew Dostert.

His great-grandchildren

Kayla Paul, Brandon

Sharpless, Courtney Gag-

non and Madeline Cocca,

Larkin and Emerson

Reiter, Sullivan and

Salem Krueger, and

Rowen Klein.

His soon-to-be-born

great-grandchildren, baby

boy Klein (July), baby girl

Klein (July), and baby

Krueger (November).

His sisters Irene Dos-

tert, Patricia Lesmeister,

and Catherine Opland.

As well as numerous

nieces, nephews and

cousins.

Joseph was preceded in

death by his parents; his

wife Patricia, his

son-in-law Calvin

Krueger; his brothers An-

thony B. Dostert,Raymond

Dostert, and Edwin Dos-

tert; his sisters Anna

Schan, Frances Price, and

Bernice Novak; his

brothers-in-law Wendell

Lesmeister, John J. Schan,

Walter Opland, and Wil-

bert Price; his sister-

in-law Lucille Dostert; his

nephews John A. Schan

and Mark Dostert;and

hisniece Karla Opland

Grogan.

Family Mass of

Christian Burial: Wednes-

day, June 16, 2021 at St.

John the Apostle Catholic

Church, Minot at 9:00

a.m.

Interment: North Dako-

ta Veterans Cemetery,

Mandan, ND on Wednes-

day, June 16, 2021 at 1:00

p.m.

Visitation: Tuesday

from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00

p.m. at Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home, Minot.

Vigil Prayer Service: A

family Vigil Prayer

Service will be held Tues-

day at 7:30 p.m. at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

Memorials: may be

given in Joe’s honor to the

Bishop Ryan Catholic

School, or the Souris Val-

ley Humane Society, both

of Minot.

The service will be

livestreamed for the pub-

lic to view and can be ac-

cessed by going to the

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home website:www.

thompson larson.com

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at (www. thomp-

sonlarson.com).