Donald Neal

Donald K. Neal, 85, died on Saturday, December 26, 2009, at the Good Samaritan Society Larimore. Don was born in Garrison, ND, the elder son of Bigelow and Mildred Tichenor Neal. He attended the University of North Dakota, graduating in 1952. He married Olga Dorr on January 17, 1953, and after a year in Mandan, ND, where Don taught at the State Industrial School, he took a teaching position in Rawlins, Wyoming. They lived for eleven years there, then moved to Grand Forks in 1965. He worked weighing trucks for ND Highway Department Truck Regulatory, which later came under the division of the ND Highway Patrol, until his retirement in 1990. Don sang for a time with the Barbershop Chorus in Grand Forks. He was a member of Augustana Lutheran Church and also of the Red River Lions. Singing with Olga was a significant part of his life. Don is survived by his wife Olga, Grand Forks, daughters Donna Lee Neal, Grand Forks, and SJ. Neal (Marty Klann), Rochester, MN; grandson Christopher Neal Anderson (Lisa Schultz), Eugene, OR; sister Ruth Hendrickson, Portland, OR; two great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives and dear friends who will miss his presence tremendously. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Helen, and brother and closest friend, Harriman. Don was a resident of the Good Samaritan Society Larimore for nearly three years, where he received excellent and loving care, for which his family will be ever grateful. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Tuesday, January 5, 2009 at 11:00 AM in Augustana Lutheran Church of Grand Forks, ND. Visitation will be Monday from 5 to 7:00 PM with a 7:00 PM prayer service in Amundson Funeral Home of Grand Forks. Visitation will continue for the hour before the service in the church. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery of grand Forks, ND