Alan Gene Sather,67, of Bowman passed peacefully at his home on Sept 18, 2013. Funeral services will be held at Bowman Lutheran Church Bowman, ND on Sept 21, 2013 at 9:30 am. There will be a Family and Friends on Friday, September 20, 2013 beginning at 7:00 at the Krebsbach Funeral Home Chapel. Reverend Chuck Swanson officiating with burial to follow the service at the Bowman Cemetery.
Alan Gene Sather was born April 8, 1946 in Bismarck, ND the son of Oscar and Lucille Buchholz Sather. He was raised on a farm east of Rhame for 1 year then moved to Bowman. He graduated from Bowman High School in 1964 and where he was an All Conference quarter back. He attended college at Dickinson State College for 4 years then 1 year at Black Hills States College. Through his college years he was active in the TKE fraternity in which he just attended a reunion. Alan married Nancy Overland on Aug 22, 1967, together they had two girls, Christine and Sasha. On Dec 28, 1983 he married Maureen (Dee Dee) Bandle with her children Mike and Shawnel. Family was always a priority to Alan especially his grandkids.
Alan will be remembered as a diehard Colts football fan and Bowman believer. There was no better place to be than at home in Bowman. During high school Alan starting working at Woodley's construction, which was the start of a life long profession. After college he tried his had at farming ranching with Oscar Overland for about 10 years. Alan spent a few years selling machinery for Stuber and Jenson. ( He was a business owner for 5 years at Sear Catalog Then returned to construction for the last 35 years.
He is preceded in death by his parents Oscar Sather and Lucille Sather .
Survivors include his wife Maureen (Dee Dee) Bandle Sather. Children Mike (Patti) Jung, Christine (Dan) Peterson, Shawnel (Dave) Burke, and Sasha (Jason) Ruggles; Brother Leland and Ilene Sather; Grandchildren Jeffery, Taylor, and Erika Jung, Tristen and Peyton Peterson, Devon, Alex, Maury, Carmen, and Will Burke, Skylar, Jacob, Gracie and Lily Ruggles; Brother-in-laws Chris and Russ Bandle; Mother-in-law Margaret Bandle; Niece and Nephew Heather Gibson and Stuart Sather and Bandle nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers are his friends Lynn Peterson, Loren Homelvig, Gordon James, Barry Mason, Berk Bowman, and Tom Melaney