Murray Edward Meink, 70, passed away January 3, 1981 at the Hettinger Hospital.  Funeral services were held Tuesday, January 6 at 1 p.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Lemmon, with Rev. John Langehough officiating.  Casket bearers included Larry Foss, Kenneth Krisle, Kenneth Dewey, Robert Crow, John G. Johnson and Tony Gregory.  All friends were considered honorary pallbearers.   Providing special music were Mrs. Dale Aspengren, organist and Eldon Jensen and Steve Sandgren, soloists.  Burial was held in the Bison Cemetery.

He was born July 15, 1910 at Akaska, SD to Charles and Mary Hadley Meink.  In 1911, he came with his parents to their homestead northwest of Bison.  There he attended rural school and also attended Bison High School.  He began working at an early age on various ranches in the area, and was married on June 13, 1938 to Helen Goerndt at Belle Fourche, SD.  Murrray and Helen moved to Iowa shortly after their marriage for a brief period of time, and then moved to Florence, OR, where he operated a dairy farm from 1940 to 1947.  Then moved to a ranch southwest of Bison near Date, SD.  In 1953, they moved back to Oregon where Murray worked in a cheese factory, sawmill and later purchased a dairy farm.  They moved back to Bison in 1956, trucking for Keith Carr.  In 1958, Murray and Helen purchased a farm/ranch in Barrett Township, south of Haynes, ND where they raised small grain and hereford cattle. Murray's love for horses was constant throughout his life.

Murray is survived by his wife, Helen of rural Lemmon; two sons, Duane of rural Lemmon, and Donald of Crofton, NE; two daughters, Sandra Friese (Roderick) of Buckley, WA and Carole Preszler of Lemmon and 10 grandchildren.  Murray was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Mary, brothers, Daughn, Joe and his twin, Myrle.