Service of Remembrance for Michael D. "Mike" Witt will be Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Rev. Kathleen Dettmann and Rev. Tom Penning will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery.

MICHAEL DAVID WITT was born on August 25, 1961 in Hettinger, ND to Bob and Leola (Crow) Witt. He went to country schools at the Northwest District of Lodgepole, SD. Mike graduated from Bison High School in Bison, SD. During his school years, Mike was active in Wrestling. Following graduation, he drove truck for Power Fuels for several years. In 1984 he started driving Semi's over the road. Mike met Wendy Krambeer in November of 1999. On December 14, 2001, they were united in marriage. Together they began a family with their daughter, Michelle. Mike was a very loving father and husband. In December 2002, Mike got his own Peterbilt truck and started Witt Trucking. He put the truck on the road in January of 2003 and had just recently got his own authority and was living his lifelong dream. Mike loved riding his 1990 Harley Davidson "Fat-Boy", driving his Ford F150 pickup and going over the road in his 1998 grey Peterbilt. Mike enjoyed being with his family and friends, working and playing on the computer. He loved his family very much and they will cherish the memories they made with him forever.

Mike Witt passed away suddenly in Fresno County, California on October 31, 2005.

Holding his memory most near are his wife, Wendy and their daughter, Michelle; his parents, Bob and Leola Witt; brothers, Lyle Witt and special friend, Karen Hehn, all of Hettinger, ND, Dan Witt, of Sioux Falls, SD, Tom and wife Brenda Witt, of Marion, SD and Jerry and wife Kristie Witt, of Hettinger; sister, Joyce and husband Burton Lewton, of Lander, WY; his father and mother-in-law, Eugene and wife Beverly Krambeer, of Hettinger; 9 nephews, 8 nieces, several cousins, great nephews and nieces and many friends that he made while he was driving truck all over the United States. Preceding Mike in death were his grandparents, brother Jim Witt, one uncle, one nephew and two nieces.

A Memorial has been established for his daughter, Michelle's education.