Rod Romine
May 23, 1932-March 30, 2022
Rod Romine, 89, of
Minot, died peacefully on
Wednesday, March 30,
2022, in a Minot hospital
with his daughters by his
side. He suffered a mas-
sive stroke two days be-
fore he passed away.
Rodney Lee Romine
was born on May 23,
1932, in Rugby, ND to Eu-
gene and Hilma (Ellert-
son) Romine. He graduat-
ed from Rugby High
School in 1950 and mar-
ried his high school
sweetheart, Gladyce
“Happy” Williams on June
17, 1951 at the Rugby
Methodist Church.
He graduated from
Brown Institute in Min-
neapolis, MN. He worked
at KEYZ Radio in Willison
ND until enlisting in the
Army in March of 1952.
He served in Korea until
March of 1954.
Rod was a staff an-
nouncer and later sports
director at KCJB Radio
and KCJB TV (later
KXMC) starting in May
1954 and later became in-
volved in management of
the two stations. He was
elected President of the
ND Broadcaster Associa-
tion in 1988. He received
the Pioneer Broadcaster
Award in 1994 and retired
as manager of Reiten
Broadcasting in 1994.
Rod was a member of
Vincent United Methodist
Church for over 60 years
where he was active on
several committees, sang
in the choir until his pass-
ing, and was the “coffee
guy” for funerals and
church bazaars.
Rod was a member of
the Beaver Booster Club
since its inception in
1958. He was also a char-
ter member of the MSU
Board of Regents. He re-
ceived the MSU Alumni
Golden Award for fund
raising for the first
all-weather track at the
college field. He received
the CP Lura Award in
1983 for chairing the
state-wide committee to
gain university status for
Minot State. He is credit-
ed with helping to estab-
lish the MSU Athletic
Hall of Fame where he
was later inducted in
1993. He received an
honorary degree from
MSU at the commence-
ment ceremony in May of
2014.
He was the starter for
all MSU and MHS track
meets for 25 years and
later was inducted in the
ND Track & Field Hall of
Fame in 2017. He is also
in the Minot High School
Hall of Fame for his work
broadcasting at sporting
events. He served on the
Board of Directors at First
Western Bank and Center
Mutual Insurance in Rug-
by, ND. He was a member
of the Elks, Minot Country
Club and Rotary for
several years. He was one
of the founding members
of the Cameron Indoor
Tennis Club in Minot.
He was married for 61
years to Gladyce (Happy)
Romine until her death in
2013. He established the
Rod and Happy Romine
Scholarship Endowment
in 2013. He is survived by
two daughters, Renee
(Clint) Hermanson, and
Risa (Patrick) Glover, both
of Minot. Four grandchil-
dren: Kyle Kanavas (Tri-
na), Libby (Matthew)
Bennefield, Brook (Haley)
Hermanson, and Nick
Kanavas. Great grandchil-
dren: Emily, Nikki, Lis-
ton, Madilyn and
step-great grandson Reily.
Siblings: Jerome (Sandy)
Romine, Lyla (Ralph)
Crowe, and Clark (Pam)
Romine.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, and
siblings: Perry Romine,
June (Allie) Gillesham-
mer, Homer (Doris) Rom-
ine.
Celebration of the Life
of Rod Romine: Thurs-
day, April 7, 2022 at 11:00
a.m. in Vincent United
Methodist Church –
Minot. A livestream of
the service will be avail-
able by using the link in
the website obituary.
Interment will be in the
North Dakota Veterans
Cemetery.
Visitation: Wednesday
from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00
p.m. in Thomas Family
Funeral Home – Minot.
In lieu of flowers,
memorials are preferred
to the Vincent Methodist
Church Foundation or
MSU Rod & Happy Rom-
ine Scholarship fund.
Memories and con-
dolences may be shared at
www.thomasfamily
funeralhome.com.