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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271930
Title: Mathias Dettling, Jr.
Date: 6/8/1942-11/2/2025
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Inscription/Marks: 6/8/1942
Summary: Matt Dettling, 83, of Jamestown, ND, passed away November 2, 2025, while working in his yard in Jamestown. A military graveside service was held November 7, 2025, at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery in Mandan, ND, with Pastor Scott Skones officiating. Mathias, Jr. was born June 8, 1942, in Rugby, ND, the son of Mathias, Sr. and Mary Ann (Fix) Detling. He grew up on the family farm near Manfred, ND, alongside his 14 siblings. Matt attended school through the eighth grade and helped his parents on the farm. In 1959, he enlisted in the US Navy at Norfolk, VA. Matt was on the USS Hector for two years in Long Beach, CA, serving on a submarine repair ship. For the next 18 months he served aboard the USS Telfair as the boiler division leading mechanic. Matt was honorably discharged in 1963 as Second Class Petty Officer. With a letter of recommendation, he attended Auto Mechanics & Diesel School that year and worked in Harvey, ND, as a gas station attendant at Enco and later at Harvey Ready Mix alongside good buddies, Dave Heil and Marty Kittleson. On July 1, 1964 Matt married Lois Goldade in Harvey. They were blessed with a daughter, Kandas, and a son, Mark. The family continued to live and work in Harvey until 1979, when Matt became the owner of Watford City Ready Mix, New Town and Stanley. He later invented and built “All in One Docks.” In 2011, Matt and Lois moved to Bismarck where he continued to build the docks and finally retired. They moved to Jamestown in June 2025. Matt was an active man who simply loved to work. His brain never quit. He was proud of his many inventions such as a pickup camper, pontoon, icehouses, portable cement plant, light up fishing pails, and a revolving Blitz board. There were plans of building a floating icehouse. He was a member of the Eagles in Harvey, served on the ND Ready Mix Association and served two terms on the McKenzie Bay board. He loved lake cabin life at his second home, McKenzie Bay on Lake Sakakawea. He was a ‘huge’ Minnesota Vikings fan! Friends and family were everything to him. Matt will be dearly missed by Lois and his entire family. Matt is survived by his wife, Lois of Jamestown; daughter, Kandas Wold (Corey Riedinger and daughters Tiana and Brielle) of Jamestown; son, Mark (Jennifer) Dettling of Bismarck; grandsons, Derik (Joya) Weckerly, Kirk Weckerly, Tanner (Angela) Wold, Steven (Kylee) Dettling; great-grandchildren, Natalie, Quinn, and Presley Weckerly, Trae and Emri Weckerly; siblings, Burga, Joe, Garry, Harry, Ned, Bill, and Lorretta; special buddy, George (David) Dally; many brothers- and sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Matt Sr. and Mary Detling; brothers, Emanuel and Leo; sisters, Ann, Betty, Grace, Lena, and Clara.
Red ID: FND_I_79424 Image ID: 540179 Image Notes: FND001 271930

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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