Paul Shasky

Paul J. Shasky, 87, Rutland, ND, formerly Wahpeton, ND, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND. The Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 24, at Nordland Lutheran Church, Rutland, ND. There will be visitation one hour before the service at the Church on Tuesday. Interment will be at Rutland Cemetery, Rutland, ND. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND, is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Jerome Shasky was born November 7, 1924, at Rutland Township, ND, the son of Roman F. and Nina (Nelson) Shasky. He grew up and attended elementary school at Rutland and graduated from Forman High School in 1942. Paul served in the US Army in 1943, transferring to the US Air Corps, serving to November of 1945 as an airplane armored gunner on B-17s during WWII. After his honorable discharge he returned to the Rutland area where he farmed and attended Dakota Business College, Fargo, ND in 1947. He married Patricia Roscoe on July 25, 1950 at Forman, ND and served from August 1950 until August 1951 in the Korean War. He farmed with his wife near Rutland and then lived in Fargo where he hauled fuel oil. The family moved to Wahpeton, ND, where Paul managed the Deep Rock Gas Station from 1965 to 1971 and then operated Gulf Oil, later Wahpeton Discount Station until 1987. Paul and Pat moved back to their roots near Rutland where they farmed. Pat passed away January 21, 1998 and Paul continued to live near Rutland until this past year when he moved to live with his son Keith Shasky, near Wahpeton, due to poor health.

Paul was a member of Nordland Lutheran Church, Rutland and was Lifetime member of VFW and American Legion. He enjoyed playing cards in particular Pinochle and reading westerns. He stayed on top of current events and liked to watch football.

Paul is survived by threes sons and a daughter: David (Deborah) Shasky, Moorhead, MN; Vernon (Mary) Shasky, Wahpeton; Mary Jean (Doug) Wessels, Dilworth, MN; Keith (Linda Schroeder) Shasky, rural Wahpeton; three grandchildren, Jessica (Erik Cannard) Valeske, Andrew Harrigan, and Karl Wessels; two brothers, Willis (Eunice) Shasky, Breckenridge, MN; and Ronald (Rosemary) Shasky, Jamestown, ND.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Patricia, two brothers, Alvin and Harvey Shasky.