Cover photo for Ervin Wetsch's Obituary
Ervin Wetsch Profile Photo
1940 Ervin 2021

Ervin Wetsch

December 2, 1940 — March 25, 2021

 

Ervin J. Wetsch was born on December 2, 1940 to Anton and Katherine (Gaab) Wetsch in Mandan.  He passed away unexpectedly on March 25, 2021 at the age of 80. 

Family will greet visitors at 11:30 a.m. with funeral services starting at 12:30 p.m., Thursday, April 1 at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck.

Interment at 2 p.m. Thursday April 1 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. 

Ervin (Erv) grew up on the family farm near Fort Rice and was the oldest of five children.  He attended Mandan High School and then joined the United States Navy in 1960. He was stationed in Norfolk, VA where he served for four years as a radio operator and received an honorable discharge as an RM2. Erv worked hard his entire life, but his passion was always cars.  He began modifying farm equipment and his father’s vehicles as a boy, raced sprint cars as a young man and eventually started his own business restoring classic cars and building custom street rods.

Erv married Judi (Keller) in 1960 in Bismarck. After his discharge from the US Navy, they made their home in Bismarck where they raised their three children. 

He is survived by his son, Joe Wetsch, Bismarck; daughters, Dianne Turcotte, Brainerd, Minn.; Tami (Dan) Satterlee, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and a granddaughter Mandi (Joe) Edberg, Brainerd, Minn.; his brother, Dale (Jeanette) Wetsch; and three sisters, Loretta (Butch) Koch, Bernetta Broadhead and Cindy (Larry) Flegel as well as many nieces and nephews. 

Erv was preceded in death by his parents, Anton and Katherine Wetsch; brother-in-law, Jerry Broadhead and son-in-law, Steve Turcotte. 

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Ervin Wetsch, please visit our flower store.

Service Schedule

Past Services

Funeral Service

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Starts at 12:30 pm (Central time)

Parkway Funeral and Cremation Service

2330 Tyler Pkwy, Bismarck, ND 58503

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Interment

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

North Dakota Veterans Cemetery

1825 46th St, Mandan, ND 58554

Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text. Standard text messaging rates apply.

Guestbook

Visits: 29

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Send Flowers

Send Flowers

Plant A Tree

Plant A Tree