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Martin “Marty” Wales

December 10, 1946 — August 30, 2014

Martin “Marty” Wales, 67, of Moorhead, MN passed away August 30, 2014 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND after a brief and sudden illness. A visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, September 27th at Calvary Chapel Fargo, 2796 5th Ave S, Suite A, Fargo, ND. The memorial service will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Marty attended Cathedral Elementary School and graduated from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School, Sioux City, Iowa in 1965. He attended the University of South Dakota and in 1967 began working for Walgreens in Sioux City as a cashier/stock boy. He eventually worked his way up to assistant manager at that store. On April 28, 1972 Marty and Lynda Petersen, also a resident of Sioux City were married in Onawa, Iowa. In 1979 he was transferred to Sioux Falls, SD as store manager of Walgreens. In 1984, Marty moved with his family to Moorhead, MN to open the new Walgreens store and was its store manager for 22 years. He was a very dedicated employee until his retirement in September 2006.

Marty enjoyed camping, hiking, and canoeing with his friends. His favorite activities included camping in the Big Horn Mountains and Glacier National Park. He also hiked Paria Canyon, Utah, the Grand Canyon from rim to rim, and made several trips to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota. He especially enjoyed watching wilderness training and survival shows on DVD. He also enjoyed biking the trails along the Red River in Fargo. Marty was a lifetime fan of Iowa Hawkeyes Men’s Basketball and avidly watched all their games on TV. After his retirement in 2006, Marty enjoyed going to the gym with his daughter and “spoiling” his three grandchildren. A favorite weekly event was eating breakfast out with his wife and friends.

He is survived by his wife Lynda of Moorhead, MN, his daughter, Tanya, and her husband, Seth Wetter, of Fargo, ND; grandchildren, Zoey Rose, Gabriela Milynda, and Josiah Martin; a brother Gerry of Seligman, MO; sisters Marianne Ray Jennings of Republic, MO and Rosemarie Steven Estrada also of Seligman, MO. He was preceded in death by his mother Georgia Jones Wales and by his father William Wales, both long-time residents of Sioux City, Iowa and later of Rogers, AR.

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