Funeral services for Wesley Gall, age 94, of McIntosh, SD, will be held at 10:00 a.m. MT on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 at the Paradise Lutheran Church south of Carson, ND. Pastor Samuel Beibert will officiate with burial to follow in the Paradise Lutheran Cemetery.

WESLEY MILTON GALL WAS BORN IN HILLSIDE, MONTANA ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1921, TO GUSTAVE AND EMILIA (KAUTZ) GALL. HE CAME TO NORTH DAKOTA WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1932 AND SETTLED NORTHWEST OF MCINTOSH IN SIOUX COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. WESLEY MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE BETTY FUCHS, JANUARY 29TH, 1957 AT FLASHER, NORTH DAKOTA. AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY MOVED TO POST FALLS, IDAHO WHERE HE WORKED FOR BUNKER HILL MINING COMPANY UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR.

WESLEY AND BETTY MOVED BACK TO THE MCINTOSH COMMUNITY AND SETTLED EIGHT MILES NORTHWEST OF MCINTOSH IN SIOUX COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA WHERE HE FARMED AND RANCHED AND RAISED THREE CHILDREN: KIM, BORN DECEMBER 1957, ALAN, BORN JUNE 1961 AND KEITH, BORN DECEMBER 1968. WESLEY FARMED AND RANCHED UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1997. FOLLOWING HIS RETIREMENT, WESLEY LEASED HIS PASTURE BUT CONTINUED TO DO SOME FARMING UNTIL THE AGE OF 83.

WESLEY WAS KNOWN AS A PEACEFUL MAN WHO NEVER COMPLAINED. HE COULD WORK MANY LONG HOURS IN THE ELEMENTS. IF THERE WAS A BREAK DOWN, HE COULD FIX ANYTHING TO GET THE JOB DONE, EVEN IF THE WELDS WERE NOT THE PRETTIEST. WESLEY LOVED TO VISIT AND HANG OUT WITH HIS WIFE AND CLOSE FRIENDS AND COULD PLAY PINOCHLE, CRIBBAGE AND RUMMY FOR HOURS. IN LATER LIFE, INTERESTS TURNED TO THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. WESLEY WAS BAPTIZED AND CONFIRMED INTO THE WELS LUTHERAN FAITH ON FEBRUARY 9, 1964, BY REV. LYLE F SCHALOW.

WESLEY PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2016 AT THE WEST RIVER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER IN HETTINGER, ND.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 59 YEARS, BETTY (FUCHS) GALL, MCINTOSH, SD; CHILDREN, KIMBERLY RICHARDS OF NEWCASTLE, WY ALAN (TANYA) GALL, NEWCASTLE, WY AND KEITH (HEATHER) GALL, MCINTOSH SD; GRANDCHILDREN, IAN RICHARDS, SARA RICHARDS AND TYLER (ASHLEY) RICHARDS, ALL OF POST FALLS, ID, GARRET (AMBER) GALL, EVANSVILLE, WY, AND KRISTIN (ANDREW) PACKARD, NEWCASTLE, WY; GREAT-GRANCHILDREN, CIMARON, ALI JO AND LILY; SISTERS, ERNA GIERHART, SIDNEY, OH, VI MARRICK, DE PERE, WI AND EARLENE (MARTIN) BECKMAN, KELSO, WA; AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

WESLEY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER GUSTAVE AND EMILIA GALL, BROTHERS IVAN, HAROLD, WILMER, NORMAN, EARL AND SISTER ALMA.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Monday, July 18, 2016 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon.
A memorial has been established.