Funeral services for Mark Jacob Ketterling, age 72, of Dickinson, ND, formerly of Heil, ND, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Grace Reformed Church of the Lord Jesus in New Leipzig, ND. Rev. Paul Ferrie will officiate and burial with military honors will be in the Heil Cemetery in Heil, ND.

Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with the family present from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.

Mark Ketterling, son of Arndt & Gertrude (Stegmeier) Ketterling, was born in Jacobson Memorial Hospital on July 6, 1942, a twin to his sister Cathy (Ketterling) Eslinger.
He graduated in 1960 from Elgin High School.

After graduation, Mark moved to Montana where he worked for a guiding service for hunters in Bob Marshall Wilderness. From 1964 to 1966, he was in the Army stationed in Vietnam. Upon returning from the service, Mark attended Bismarck Junior College and the University of Montana, earning a degree in Biology. Mark so enjoyed the outdoors that he made a career of working in the mountains of Montana in the logging industry. Mark was an avid reader since his younger days in grade school in Heil, ND. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing.

Mark passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at St. Benedict's Health Center in Dickinson, ND.

He is survived by four brothers, Arndt Philip (Tracy) Ketterling, Minneapolis, MN; Tom (Joyce) Ketterling, Heil, ND; Tim (Sandra) Ketterling, Heil, ND; Martin (Phyllis) Ketterling, Heil, ND; five sisters, his twin sister, Cathy (Ted) Eslinger, Elgin, ND; Mary (Don) Underwood, Deming, NM; Harriet Levorsen, Elgin, ND; Barbara Steuck, Marshall, MN; and Allegra (Bill) Bloom, Sun City West, AZ; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mark was preceded in death by his parents, Arndt and Gertrude Ketterling.