Leo Dennis Wolf
May 14, 1929-June 15, 2021
Leo Dennis Wolf, the
son of Sylvester and Emi-
lia (Burckhard) Wolf was
born on May 14, 1929 at
his home south of
Berwick, North Dakota.
He died at the age of 92
years on Tuesday, June
15, 2021 at his home
south of Berwick, North
Dakota.
Leo grew up on the
Wolf family farm and was
the middle of 18 children.
His father died when he
was 14 years old, there-
fore his duties on the fam-
ily farm increased and be-
came his fulltime
jobÃ-more like his pas-
sion. He made his life
farming, ranching and
caring for the land. He
saw many changes in all
of his years farming with
equipment and technolo-
gy as he began on a horse.
He grew up being a
member of St. Anselm’s
Catholic Church, Fulda.
He met Marlene
(Schmeichel) Troxel at an
event and asked her to
help care for his mother.
On June 15, 1976, Leo and
Marlene were united in
marriage at the Zion Luth-
eran Church in Minot.
She and her two children,
Karlene and Brian moved
and made their home with
Leo on the family farm.
On top of ranching and
farming Leo built barns
with his brother Philip, as
well as working at Larson
John Deere, and helped
neighbors around the
Towner area with custom
farm work.
Leo loved dancing, tel-
ling stories, playing the
harmonica, listening to
polka music and going to
auction sales. He enjoyed
going to auction sales
mostly to visit and tell the
history of the equipment,
including all the details.
He was not only
knowledgeable about farm
equipment, he knew the
history of the area he
grew up around. The
stories he told could go on
forever and not only did
he know and love the
land and equipment, he
knew everyone and every
family and he loved them
just the same. Leo made a
model of his house before
he remodeled it, so he had
it just how he wanted it
and could tell you where
every pipe and wire are to
this day. He loved having
children around and
loved to have a good meal
and to always be sure to
have enough so no one
would go away hungry.
His mother was a good
cook and he was lucky to
marry a good cook. He
loved his family and he
and Marlene rarely
missed a recital or any-
thing in their
grandchildren’s lives. His
wife, family and friends
will have stories to tell for
generations to come. He
will be dearly missed.
Leo is survived by: his
wife, Marlene of Towner;
children, Karlene (Allan)
Voeller of Bismarck and
Brian (Julie) Troxel of
Minot; grandchildren,
Phillip (Megan) Voeller of
Beulah, Jessica (Andrew)
Kingery of Portland, Ore-
gon, Travis (Kaitlyn)
Troxel of Minot and Tara
Troxel of Minot;
great-grandchildren, Tris-
tan and Amani Voeller
and Sawyer Anne Troxel;
sisters, Cecelia Burgard of
Towner, Theresa Clark of
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
and Bertha Gagnier of Sa-
cramento, California;
numerous nieces,
nephews, cousins;
in-laws; other relatives
and friends.
Leo was preceded in
death by: numerous
brothers & sisters, nieces
and nephews, in-laws;
other relatives and his
parents.
Funeral services were
held at 10:00 a.m. Thurs-
day, June 24 at Zion Luth-
eran Church in Towner
with burial in the Union
Cemetery in Towner. Pas-
tor Linda Wimmer, offici-
ating.
Flutist: Granddaughter,
Tara Troxel
Vocalist: Grandson,
Phil Voeller
Special Music by:
Denver Goodman
Casket Bearers: Travis
Troxel, Phillip Voeller,
Chris Clark, McCarl Kavli,
Clyde Burgard and Brad-
ley Simonson
Arrangements with the
Anderson Funeral Home
of Towner. Online regis-
try:
www.funeralsby
anderson.com