Joseph Frank Zook Obituary (1925 - 2018)

Joseph Frank Zook, 93, Bismarck, North Dakota, passed away Monday, October 8, 2018 at his home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, October 15, 2018, at Church of Ascension Catholic Church, Bismarck with Msgr. James Braaten officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 3-5:00 PM with a Vigil/Rosary service beginning at 5:00 PM, Sunday, October 14, 2018, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Joseph was born March 2, 1925, at Beach, North Dakota, to Frank and Elizabeth (Kramer) Zook. He was raised and educated in Beach where he graduated from high school. On July 2, 1947, he married Evelyn Morgen in Wibaux, Montana. Joseph served two years in the US Army. He worked the family farm near Beach, until 1975 when they moved to Beach and he worked for the Home on the Range for Boys. When he retired they moved to Bismarck. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn; two daughters, Connie (Richard) Heard, and Renee (Terry) Barnaby, all of Bismarck; three sons, Ronald (Cathy) Zook, Beach, Richard (Dawn) Zook, Fargo, and Garold (Nancy) Zook, Buckeye, Arizona; one brother, Bernard (Eleanor) Zook, West Lafayette, Indiana; 11 grandchildren, Timothy Heard, Jacqueline Heard, Jason Zook, Trina Montplasir, Jennifer Cohen, Christine Brazell, Bradley Zook, Jessie, Scotty, and Bobbie Owens, and K\u0027Cee and K\u0027Lee Barnaby; 12 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews. Joseph was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Lawrence; two sisters, Doris Boyd and Francis Zook; and grandchild, Evelyn Brazell.