Dr. Gary Richard Wall

Gary Richard Wall age 75, West Fargo, North Dakota, formerly from Bottineau, ND passed away March 9, 2018, from heart failure and pulmonary fibrosis. Services will be held at 10:30 am Friday, March 16, at Parkway Funeral Service, 2330 Tyler Parkway, Bismarck, with Deacon Jerry Volk officiating. Burial will be at 12:00 Noon Friday at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. He was born May 4, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, to parents Ingval Wall and Velma (Emerson) Wall. At age 10, the Wall family moved to Bottineau. He graduated from Bottineau High School in 1960, then continued for 2 years at NDSU-Bottineau, and 2 years at UND in Grand Forks. In 1964 he started dental school and graduated in 1968 from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Gary joined the US Army immediately following dental school in 1968 and was commissioned a Captain in the Army Dental Core including one year in Vietnam. Gary practiced in Fremont, California area and then Bottineau for a few years. He returned to Napa Valley in 1983 where he opened his own practice and this is where he raised his children and eventually retired after 30 years of dentistry. 1998 was a homecoming for Gary as he returned to Bottineau of which the Turtle Mountains were a special place in his heart. He was never so happy as to have toiled and started “Wall’s Raspberries” along with his wife Loretta. Gary enjoyed visiting with the people when they came to pick, especially the children. He belonged to several organizations including the VFW #8688-Bottineau in which he was Post Commander for several years. He is survived by his loving wife, Loretta; 4 sons, Scott (Charlotte) Wall of San Leandro, CA, Andre (Phebe) Wall of Lynnwood, WA, Jason (Kelli) Wall of Napa, CA, Jeremy Wall of San Diego, CA; and one daughter, Heidi Wall of Fort Bragg, CA; six grandchildren, Emma, Carris, Ruben, Emily, Luke, and Pablo. He is survived by his one brother, Dr. Wayne (Joanne)Wall of Green Valley, AZ; four step-children, Marshall (Jennie) Coleman of Hatton, ND; Maureen (Chris) Selzler of Glen Carbon, Ill; Meredith (Joel) Bell of Owatonna, MN; Monte (Kayla) Coleman of Minot, ND; sisters-in-law, Jerilyn Neameyer of Moorhead, MN, Janet Krogman of Barlett, IL, Loraine (Larry) Haas of St. John, ND; eight step-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ingval and Velma Wall; brothers-in-law, Gordon Neameyer, Keith Lien, and Stan Krogman; and sister-in-law, Ronette Lien.