Obituary | Donald McNeece of Grand Forks, North Dakota

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Donald “Don” McNeece, 79, Grand Forks, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at his home under care of his wifeand Ethos Hospice Care.Donald Wayne McNeece, the son of Russell and Jessie (Clark) McNeece was born in Riverside, California October 13, 1942.

Don graduated from Poly High School, Riverside, CA in 1960 and then received an AA Degree inArchitecture in 1963 from Riverside City College. He served in the US Air Force from March 19, 1964until March 18, 1968 primarily at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He then worked as a DistributionSupervisor for the Daily Enterprise newspaper in Riverside, CA. There he became acquainted with dogsled racing through a co-worker.

He moved to the Bemidji, MN area in 1979 to actively pursue his dog sled hobby. At one time he ownedand trained 20 sled dogs. He was employed by the Bemidji School District as a custodian andmaintenance worker. His other hobbies and interests included running marathons, bowling, week-longbicycle trips and most recently, pickleball. He served on the Board of the Grand Forks Pickleball Club.Don married Joyce Fallon in 1973. They divorced in 1993. He later married Maxine (Kayala) Norman in2013. They lived in Menahga, MN until 2018 when they moved to Grand Forks to be near family.He is survived by his wife; step-children, Nathan (Cassandra) Norman (Virginia Beach, VA), Lori (Jason) Heydt (Grand Forks, ND), and Melissa (Robert) Johnson (St. Paul, MN); a sister, Norma Miller andbrother-in-law, Ed Conery (Riverside, CA); former step-children, Sandy (Bob) Keys (Hickory, NC), andBruce Fallon; 4 step-grandchildren, 3 former step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and an older sister, Melba Conery.

Memorial Services will be 11:00 am on Friday, July 8, 2022 in Hope Evangelical Covenant Church inGrand Forks. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service in the church. A light lunch will follow theservice. Inurnment will be at a later date in Fargo National Veterans Cemetery.

The family prefers memorials to be given to HOPE Community Care Center & Food Pantry where Donserved as a volunteer.

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