Harold Krause, 96, of Carson, ND passed away at the Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin, ND on Saturday, January 10, 2015.

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 a.m. MT on Friday, January 23, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Carson, ND with Pastor Sam Biebert officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 pm CT at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, rural Mandan, ND.

Serving as casketbearers are Gary Krause, Wayne Krause, Brian Krause, David Krause, Zach Martin, and John Zeller.

Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, January 22, 2015 from 3 – 7 pm at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin, ND.

HAROLD WILBUR KRAUSE was born in Hazen, ND on March 5, 1918 to Rose (Bohrer) and Fred Krause, Jr. He grew up in Hazen and graduated from Hazen High School in 1937. The summer after graduation he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and worked near Lake Metigoshe and the ND Peace Gardens for $30 a month, of which he was allowed to keep $5, with the remaining $25 being sent back to his parents. Not wanting to work for the CCC in North Dakota during the winter months, he decided to move to Arizona and continued his CCC assignments there. Harold returned to Bismarck, ND enlisted in the National Guard and in February 1941 was activated. After his basic training in Louisiana he was stationed in Australia and Guadalcanal, seeing over 600 days of combat during WWII. He was honorably discharged in 1945.

Returning to North Dakota, he met Edna Lee from Dodge, ND at a dance and they were united in marriage on February 10, 1946 in Hazen. Following their marriage, they moved to Carson, ND where he partnered with his brother, Edwin, in the Krause's Super Value, which he operated until his retirement in 1984.

Harold was a member of the Walter J. Thome American Legion Post #45, Trinity Lutheran Church, Commercial Club of Carson, and liked to golf and play cards of any kind. He moved to the Jacobson Memorial Care Center on March 10, 2010 and passed away there on Saturday, January 10, 2015.

Survivors include his three sons: Brian (Renee) Krause, Belle Fourche, SD; Gary Krause, Carson, ND; and Wayne Krause, Bangkok, Thailand; two grandchildren: David (Kourtney) Krause, Mpls, MN; Natalie (Zach) Martin, Thornton, CO; one great-granddaughter, Rosilynn; and sister, Ruth Moody, Grass Valley, CA.

Harold was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife Edna.