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Reuben R. "Ike" Isaak

Reuben R. "Ike" Isaak, 69, Bismarck, died March 20, 2003, at his home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck, with the Revs. Jeff Tengesdal and Laurie Natwick officiating. Burial will be in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck, where a prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Reuben was born Jan. 16, 1934, in Krem, N.D., the son of Arthur and Martha (Wiedrich) Isaak. He was raised in Krem, Hazen and Center, and graduated from Center High School and Jamestown College.

Ike served in the U.S. Army, and following his discharge, worked for the Department of the Army and Navy as a civil servant for 30 years. His service took him around the world, and included time in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Germany and many posts in the United States. He retired in 1995, and moved to Bismarck.

Ike was his mother's sweetheart. He enjoyed watching sports of all kinds, Bingo and playing Pinochle.

He is survived by his sisters and brothers-in-law, Lucille and Jim Hickok, Penryn, Calif., Marlene and Doug Price, Hensler, Betty Lou and Don Davenport, Battle Lake, Minn., Judy and Jim Johnson, Beulah, and Donna and Jim Miller, Battle Lake; his brothers and sisters-in-law, Cal and Loretta Isaak, Littleton, Colo., and Jim and Diane Isaak, Bismarck; one sister-in-law, Lu Isaak, Center; one brother-in-law, Jerry Mastin, Pelican Rapids, Minn.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Vera Mastin and Mary Ann Isaak; and three brothers, Paul, Robert and Benjamin Isaak.

~Source: The Bismarck Tribune, March 2003