Ronald Earl North

Ronald North, of Montevideo, MN and formerly of Lead and Sturgis, SD, died on June 23, 2006 at the Chippewa Co - Montevideo Hospital at the age of 62.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 1:30 PM at the Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.  Interment will be in the Mountain Lawn Cemetery in Lead, SD.

Ronald Earl North was born on November 7, 1943 in Waubay, SD to Earl and Ruth (Holzerland) North. He grew up in Lead, where he was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church and graduated from Lead High School in 1962.  He worked for a number of years at the Fort Meade V.A. Hospital.  In 1986 he graduated from Aberdeen Presentation School of Nursing and later took Pulmonary Therapist Training.  He lived in Webster and Aberdeen, SD and Fergus Falls and St, Cloud, MN before moving to Montevideo, MN about a year ago. He especially enjoyed gourmet cooking and playing cards.

He is survived by 2 children Ronna North and Rory North, both of St. Louis, MO; a grandchild; his mother, Ruth Ellis of Sturgis, SD; a brother, Jerry North and his wife Norma of Clayton, CA; 2 sisters: Janice Mikkelson and her husband David of Whitewood, SD and Barbara Ulferts and her husband Larry of Montevideo, MN, as well as by a number of nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Earl North and by his step-father, Lowell Ellis.

Casket Bearers: Travis Puckett; Lee North; Gerald McFarland; Larry Mikkelson; Scott Mikkelson; Arlo Long

Honorary Casket Bearers: Shane Pierce; Brett North; Allen Lee; Dwayne Lee; LaVerne Lee; Lynn Holzerland; Leon Holzerland; Loren Holzerland; Nick Hardy.