LeRoy L. McArthur Obituary (1938 - 2021)

LeRoy (Mac) McArthur, 83, of Mandan passed away peacefully at home on November 8, 2021. There will be a Memorial Service celebrating his life at 11:00 AM Monday, November 15, 2021, at DaWise Perry/Mandan Crematory in Mandan. Inurnment will be at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. There will be no public viewing as cremation has taken place. Mac was given the gift of life on May 19, 1938, at Flasher, North Dakota by Franklin J. and Ernestine (Bentz) McArthur. Mac was raised and attended schools in Mandan. In May of 1955 he joined the Navy and served four years, being honorably discharged in July of 1959. After his military service, he went to work for the Northern Pacific Railroad in Mandan and retired from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad after 42 years of service. Mac liked to hunt, fish, play cards and golf. In 1988, the Mandan Golf Association elected Mac chairman of the "New Golf Course Committee", which led to the building of the Prairie West Golf Course in Mandan. Mac is survived by his wife, Peachie; his children, Deborah (Jeff) Howard of Indiana, and Sheldon McArthur of Bismarck; stepchildren Rhonda (Dave) Thill and Steve (Marlene) Hulm of Mandan; grandchildren Brian, Jessica, Jerod, Monika, Megan, and Brandon; great-grandchildren Caroline, Olivia and Eliza; and his brother Gary of Bismarck. Mac was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Lucille and Gladys, four brothers Edwin, James, Duane and Douglas, his grandson Eric Hulm and his granddaughter Hilary Howard.