Max Feist

Max J. Feist, 83, Mandan, North Dakota, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013, at Sanford Health off Collins, Mandan. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, August 14, 2013, at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan with Msgr. Chad Gion officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 5-7:00 PM, Tuesday, August 13, 2013, with a Vigil/Rosary service beginning at 7:00 PM at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Max was born June 10, 1930, at Linton, North Dakota, to Joseph and Cecelia (Malsam) Feist. He was raised on a farm near Linton and attended school in Linton. He was drafted into the US Army and served our country from 1952-1954 in the Korean War. On September 30, 1952, in St. Philomena Catholic Church in Selfridge, North Dakota, he married Barbara Braun. Max worked for many years in a sawmill in Newcastle, Wyoming and as a cheese maker at the Selfridge Cheese Company. He retired at Schultz Creamery in Bismarck in 1971. He enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting, gardening, cooking, listening to polka music, but his favorite was playing cards. He loved spending time with family, friends, and especially with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by his wife of 61 years, Barbara; daughter, Shirley Nagel, Sioux Falls, SD; sons, Thomas (Mary Kay), Regan, ND, Melvin and Ronald, both of Mandan; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sisters, Lutivena Ustanko, and Louise Klason, both of Mandan; Leona Pinks, Bismarck, and Barbara (Bill) Werner, Maryville, WA; sister-in-law, Angie Feist, Bismarck; brother-in-law, Ozzie Oswald, Pennsylvania; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. Max was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Veronica Schumacher, Helen Oswald, brothers and sister-in-law, Tony, Raymond (Margaret); brother-in-laws, Eugene Pinks, Joe Ustanko.