Earling “Pete” Solbakken

Earling “Pete” Solbakk-

en, 95, Minot, formerly of

Glenburn, ND, died

Thursday, October 7,

2021, in a Minot care fa-

cility.

Earling Palmer Solbakk-

en was born on January

28, 1926, a son of Peter

and Mildred (Helgeson)

Solbakken in Chatfield

Township, Bottineau

County, ND. He was

raised in Chatfield Town-

ship and graduated from

Glenburn High School in

1944.

On July 3, 1944, Earling

was drafted into the Unit-

ed States Army. He re-

ceived his infantry train-

ing at Ft Bliss, TX Camp,

Maxey, Texas. He was

stationed with the Third

Army in Germany and

was a rifleman with the

“Blue Ridge” infantry

division. He received the

presidential unit citation,

combat infantry badge,

good conduct, victory

medal and the E.T.O. rib-

bon with two battle stars.

He was proud to have

served his country during

World War II. Earling was

honorably discharged on

March 20, 1946.

Earling was united in

marriage to Avice Marie

Wade on April 6, 1947.

They made their first

home at a farm in Prescott

Township. They later

moved to Glenburn. He

was employed at Stevens

Welding in Glenburn as a

welder.

Then later he welded

for Boeing at the missile

sites. He worked and

welded for civil service at

the Minot Air Force Base

until he retired in 1992.

Pete and Avice enjoyed

traveling to Norway. Av-

ice passed away in 1982.

He later Norma Pierson,

they later divorced.

Earling enjoyed listen-

ing to music, ball games

and loved to dance. He

also enjoyed helping out

on the farm and spending

time with family, espe-

cially his grandchildren

and great-grandchildren.

He was a member of the

American Legion for 74

years, the Eagles and

Moose Club. He was a

former member of Trinity

Lutheran Church, Glen-

burn, and Zion Lutheran

Church, Minot.

May you rest in peace

Dad, Grandpa and

Great-Grandpa. Keep the

light on for us. We love

and miss you.

Those most honored to

share in his life are:

Son, Darrell (Gladys)

Solbakken; daughter-in-

law, Trish Solbakken;

grandchildren, Eric Sol-

bakken, Lisa (Jim)

Dockter; great-grandchild-

ren, Brady, Madi, Blake,

and Charleigh Dockter.

Earling was preceded

in death by his parents,

Peter and Mildred; wife,

Avice; son, Terry; and

brothers, Vernon and

Donald.

Visitation: Wednesday,

October 13, 2021, from 5

pm until 7 pm at

Thompson-Larson Fun-

eral Home, Minot.

Funeral Service: Thurs-

day, October 14, 2021, at

10:30 am at Trinity Luth-

eran Church, Glenburn,

ND. The service will be

video taped and uploaded

to the link provided on

his obituary at www.

thompsonlarson.com.

Burial: Thursday, Oc-

tober 14, 2021 at 12:15 pm

at the Fairview Cemetery,

Glenburn, ND.

Those wishing to sign

an online guest register

may do so at

www.thompsonlarson.

com .