Ronald "Butch" Kelsch, age 83, of Mott, ND, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

A Service of Remembrance will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, April 5, 2019 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott, ND.   Burial will be at Sunnyslope Cemetery in Mott with full military honors being afforded by the Taylor-Skartvedt American Legion Post #71.

Visitation will be on Thursday April 4 ^th from 2-7pm at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Mott.

Serving as casketbearers are Trent Eggers, Kurt Guenther, Colin Guenther, Dick Ficek, Justin Eikamp, and Casey Hoherz.

RONALD "BUTCH" LUIS KELSCH was born on September 28, 1935 to Frank J. and Esther L. (Gross) Kelsch in Mott, ND.  He was raised on the family farm near Bentley, ND and graduated from Bentley Elementary School.  After that he farmed with his dad and his brother John.  In November of 1959 Butch was drafted by the US Army and was Honorably Discharged in August of 1961. After his military service he returned to the farm to continue farming and raising livestock with his brother.

Butch also worked for other farmers and construction companies.

He passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

He is survived by two sisters Aileen (Wilmer) Treichel and Janice Kelsch all of Mott, ND; nephews Kurt (Laurie) Guenther and Colin (Lisa) Guenther, nephew-in-law Eddy Dvorak, nieces, Lori (Trent) Eggers, Julie (Dick) Ficek, great nieces and nephews, Tyler Eggers, Brittany (Collin) Kudrna, Shaunda Dvorak, Jared (Kayla) Guenther, Brianne Guenther, Madeline (Connor) Dymerski, Matthew Guenther, and Easton Ficek, two great-great nephews, Declan and Rylan Kudrna and one great-great niece Gianna Marie Kudrna.

Butch was preceded in death by his parents, brother Arlyn (John) Kelsch, sister Karen Guenther and niece Gina Dvorak.