Vernon L. Brockmeyer

Vernon Leslie Brockmeyer, age 98, left this earth on Friday, December 9, 2016 at the Wibaux County Nursing Home in Wibaux, Montana. A Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Silha Funeral Home in Beach, North Dakota. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 17, 2016 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Beach with Reverend Zelwyn Heide officiating. Interment with military honors will follow services at the Beach Lutheran Cemetery in Beach. Silha Funeral Home of Beach has been entrusted with arrangements. Vernon was born March 6, 1918 on the family farm, southeast of Beach near Thelen, North Dakota to August and Helen (Geyer) Brockmeyer. He was raised there and received his elementary education in rural schools. He graduated from Beach High School, with the class of 1936. After high school, Vernon helped his dad on the farm. He was called to serve in the U.S. Army Air Corps, better known as the Air Force, on January 10, 1942 in Missoula, Montana. He was assigned to the 311th Communications served as a radio operator and maintained the radios for the airplanes. Vernon was discharged on November 11, 1945 from Fort Lewis, Washington. After his discharge, Vernon attended the Wahpeton State School of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota where he studied radio communication and television repair. After college, he returned to Beach where he once again worked with his dad on the farm and for a time a Beach electrician. Later, he bought a radio shop, owned by Mr. Still, and opened the Brockmeyer Radio and TV store in the 1950’s. He retired and closed the store in 2000. Vernon married his sweetheart Alvina Witte on July 17, 1957 in Wibaux. Vernon was always interested in electronics and with the arrival of television, got TV station antenaes on the water tower to be received into peoples homes. He also gathered a group of friends to form the Beach and Belfield cable companies in the 80’s. Vernon also maintained all the radio equipment and towers for Golden Valley County for many years. Vernon was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where he served as a deacon for a time and Sunday school teacher for several years, Lutheran Laymen’s League (LLL), Lions Club and a member of the American Legion Harley Salszman Post #5 for over 71 years. Vernon’s hobbies included farming, golfing and fishing. He also helped construct and maintain the first neon cross on Hwy 10 east of Beach and the second near the interstate east of Beach. At the end of the day, Vernon’s favorite question was, “What did you do today that you are proud of?” Vernon was preceded in death by his parents, August and Helen; his sweet heart and wife, Alvina; a sister, Adellas Johnson and a brother, Kenneth Brockmeyer. Vernon is survived by his daughter, Debra Walworth (Wade) of Beach; a sister, Wilma Hayden of Beach; a sister-in-law, Betty Brockmeyer of Phoenix, Arizona; two granddaughters, Tiffany Wanner (Todd) of Boise, Idaho and Michelle Losinski (fiance Andy Kryzsko) of Bismarck, North Dakota; a grandson, Joe Walworth of Beach; four great grandchildren, Paige, Isabella, Breanna, and Logan along with numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church or the Golden Valley Community Foundation at POB 757 Beach, ND 58621 or online at: www.ndcf.net/goldenvalleycounty. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com.

Vernon L. Brockmeyer

March 6, 1918 - December 9, 2016

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