Jerold “Jerry” Badding, 75, of Langdon and formerly of Hannah, ND passed away September 16, 2009 at Altru Hospital of Grand Forks, ND.
Jerold Henry Badding was born August 28, 1934 at Prentice, Wisconsin to Henry and Mildred (Wieland) Badding.
He went to school at Prentice and helped his dad with logging and the family farm. He worked in Milwaukee for a furniture company before moving to North Dakota to work for Burton Henderson on his farm. The following year, he worked for Austin Lewis on his farm, where he met Carol Lewis.
On November 19, 1955 he married Carol and they moved to Prentice, Wisconsin for a short time and then returned to North Dakota to begin farming.
The family moved to Bisbee, ND where he worked in the Bisbee Grain Elevator, and then in 1968 moved to Hannah where he ran the Hannah Elevator for 16 years. He retired from the elevator after an injury.
During his retirement years he kept busy by helping Virgil at Helt’s Garage and with their projects of restoring old trucks. He went many Sunday mornings with Daryl and June checking out the latest antiques Daryl had purchased. He always enjoyed having his grandchildren come home for visits.
He loved the outdoors and enjoyed farming, hunting, fishing, gardening and woodworking. A special past-time was meeting friends for a cup of coffee and a roll of the dice to see who buys at the Hannah Cafe. Recent years, the Langdon Bread Pan was the spot for conversation and coffee.
He is survived by his wife Carol Badding of Langdon, ND and his son Gary (Kathy) Badding of Langdon, ND, daughter Karla (Doug) Romfo of Gilbert, AZ, daughter Sheri (Pat) Keaveny of Bismarck, daughter Jan Badding of Grand Forks, ND. Grandchildren: Brandon (Sarah) Badding of Langdon, ND, Jayla (Sam) Wheeldon of Fargo, ND, Becky (Chad) Zbasnik of Fargo, ND, Kevin (Samantha) Romfo of Fargo, ND, Nicholas Keaveny of Fargo, ND, Jackie Keaveny of Minneapolis, MN, Ben Keaveny of Fargo, ND, Michelle Myers of Grand Forks, ND, Great-Grandchildren, Maci and Jack Wheeldon, Cora and Aubrey Badding and Charlie Liz Zbasnik. His brothers, Ray (Virginia) Badding of Wauwatosa, WI, Harry (Mary) Badding of Madison, WI, James Badding of Milwaukee, WI, sisters, Donna (Stan) Rud of Prescott, AZ, and Roselyn Kruse of Brown Deer, WI.
VISITATION will take place from 5 to 7 pm on Friday September 18, 2009 at the Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon, ND.
Visitation will also take place for one hour before the time of the services at the church on Saturday.
SERVICES 10:00am Saturday September 19, 2009 at the United Methodist Church of Langdon, ND.
INTERMENT will take place at 12:30pm on Saturday September 19, 2009 at the Hannah Cemetery, Hannah, ND.
