Funeral services for Michael Foyt, 29, of Hettinger, ND will be on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Rev. Kathleen Dettmann will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be Friday, Jan. 20 at the Centennial Chapel of Evanson Jensen Funeral Home (formerly the First Congregational Church) in Hettinger from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the Lutheran Church on Saturday afternoon. A gathering of Family and Friends will be on Friday evening at the Centennial Chapel at 7:00 p.m.

Michael Allen Foyt was born on August 24, 1982 in Hettinger, ND to Jeanette (Beckman) Foyt. He was the third of five children. There is one older sister, Michelle, one older brother, Christopher and two younger sisters, Kendra and Kristina.

Michael attended Hettinger Public School in Hettinger, ND. He worked at Peppy's as a cook and at Hillcrest Care Center as a CNA.

Michael loved to cook, play pool and hang out with family and friends. Michael later moved to Fargo, ND where he worked at Grizzly's as a cook and then at the Bison Turf as a cook.

Michael aspired to one day open his own Restaurant. He was known for his culinary arts.

Michael passed away at Med Center One in Bismarck, ND on January 16, 2012.

Michael is survived by his mother, Jeanette Foyt, Hettinger; his brother, Christopher Foyt, Fargo; sisters, Kristina Foyt, Hettinger and Michelle Ballantine, Central, SD; grandmother, Augusta Wipf, Hettinger; nieces, Alissa Foyt and Alessandra Foyt and numerous aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Kendra and his grandfather, Walter Beckman.