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The Bismarck Tribune | Posted: Saturday, September 11, 1999 12:00 am | (0) Comments

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Mike Hilzendeger Sr., 79, 1101 E. Ave. E, died Sept. 11, 1999, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Rev. Tom Dunham officiating. Burial will be in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, rural Mandan.

Visitation will be 1-9 p.m. Monday at Eastgate Funeral Service, and will continue at the church one hour before services.

Mike was born Oct. 14, 1919, in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada, the son of Joseph W. and Wilhelmina Hilzendeger. He was raised on a farm near Napoleon. Mike served in the U.S. Army Air Force from February 1943 to October 1945. Mike met Iris Dockter in the summer of 1948. They were married Feb. 5, 1949. Mike worked at Amoco Oil Refinery in Mandan for 31 years.

He enjoyed bowling, horse shoes, gardening, dancing, fishing and spending time with his family. He was a life member of Eagles, Elks and VFW. Mike will be missed by all who loved him.

He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Iris; two daughters and one son-in-law, Randee Potter, and Michelle and Clyde Wiege, all of Bismarck; four sons and two daughters-in-law, Michael J. Hilzendeger, Bismarck,. Rhett Hilzendeger, Colorado, Jon and Kathleen Hilzendeger, and Jeffrey and Bethany Hilzendeger, all of Maryland; four grandchildren, Sherri Potter and Lance Potter, both of Bismarck, Corey Wiege and his wife, Janet, Wisconsin, and Chad Wiege and his wife, Bethany, Bismarck; five great-grandchildren, Kylee Potter, Bismarck, Jess Wiege, Wisconsin, Bailey Wiege, Bismarck, and twins, Jocie and Jake Wiege, Wisconsin; two sisters, Margie Rowe, Richmond, Va., and Jeannie Lunsford, Torrence, Calif.; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Adam and Frances Hilzendeger, and Joe Hilzendeger, all of Arizona; one sister-in-law, Violet Hilzendeger, Napoleon; and many nieces and nephews.

Mike was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Melicher Hilzendeger; and five sisters, Clara Schmidt, Frances Schmidt, Bertha Schneider, Agnes McGinn and Betty Watson.

Melicher married Violet Kirschenmann on 3 Nov 1951 in North Dakota, USA. Violet (daughter of Ludwig Kirschenmann and Katharina Hieb) was born on 8 Apr 1926 in Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA; died on 23 Sep 2007 in Napoleon, Logan County, North Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]