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Wesley Delano Norton Obituary
Services will be held at 12:00 Noon Thursday, July 12, at McCabe United Methodist Church, 1030 N 6th St., Bismarck, with Rev. Mark Ehrmantraut officiating.
Visitation will be held from 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Wednesday, July 11, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, where a masonic service will begin at 6:30 pm.
Graveside services will be at 3:00 pm Thursday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.
Wes was born on January 30, 1934, to William and Mary (Amundsen) Norton in Mandan, North Dakota. He was raised on a farm and graduated from Mandan High School in 1952. He received a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of North Dakota. He was an active member of the National Guard from 1955-1961.
Wes married Myra "Micki" Stowman, in 1959 in Valley City. He began his career working for the Geological Survey for the State of ND in Williston, then in Grand Forks and Bismarck. In 1980, he was appointed Director of N.D. Oil & Gas (now the Department of Minerals). Wes was an active participant in the Interstate Oil & Gas Commission IOGC and served as Chairman. He received the Marlin award for the Outstanding State Regulator of the Year in the U.S. in 1986. Prior to his retirement in 1998 after serving under 5 different ND Governors, he predicted that ND would become a top oil producing state with horizontal drilling technology. He received the ND Petroleum Council award in 2004, a lifetime achievement award for his years of public service.
He continually promoted the state he loved. Combining his passion for basketball and the community, Wes became owner of the Dakota Wizards after retirement. He enjoyed boating with family on the Missouri River and deer hunting on his land with lifelong friends. He was an active member of the Bismarck Masonic Lodge, El Zagal Shrine Dusters, Jesters, and a life member of the Elks. His greeting with a joke, acumen for numbers, and songs for the grandchildren he adored will be missed.
Wes is survived by his wife Micki of 58 years; daughters, Tracy (David) Kaluzniak, Plymouth, MN, Loree Norton, Bismarck, ND, and Nancy McCarrell, Lake Elmo, MN; grandchildren, Kassie and Heather Kaluzniak, Daniel and Addy McCarrell; sister, Betty Whitney, Dexter, ME; brother, William (Shirley) Norton, Lawrenceville, GA; in-laws, Jan Stowman, Valley City, ND, and Faye (Ed) Hasche, Bismarck, ND; and many beloved nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by brothers-in-law, Robert Whitney and Charles Stowman.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to carry on his benevolence to the Dakota Zoo, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation, UND Foundation, U-Mary Foundation, or McCabe United Methodist Church.
Go to www.parkwayfuneral.com to share memories of Wes and sign the online guestbook.
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CW
July 18, 2018
May the God who "binds up the brokenhearted" and "comforts all who mourn" sustain your family during this challenging time. (Isaiah 61:1,2) With heartfelt sympathy.
Monica
July 17, 2018
I would like to offer my deepest sympathy to family and friends. It's times like these when the loving promises of our Heavenly Father such as knowing that we can see our loved ones again can bring us comfort and soften some of the pain we feel in our hearts. 1 Thessalonians 4: 13, 14
Vera Elgin
July 16, 2018
Wes was my cousin--his mother Mary and my father George were sister and brother. We shared the same Norwegian grandfather--Gustave Amundson--and Swedish grandmother--Betty Magnusson Amundson. Wes was born less than a year after I was born--both in Mandan ND.
My parents, sister and I moved to southern Minnesota when I was in the middle of first grade, so we didn't often get to see one another over the years.....but I valued our relationship.
My sincere condolences.....Vera
L. M.
July 14, 2018
Extending heartfelt condolences and prayers of comfort to the Norton family. May the hope and promise of everlasting life sustain and comfort you during this difficult time. John 11: 24 & 25
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