Elroy Stotz 85 of Anamoose died Saturday July 21, 2012 at the St. Aloisius Medical Center of Harvey. Funeral services will be held at the St. Martin Lutheran Church of Anamoose on Wednesday July 25, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be held at the Hertz Funeral Home of Harvey on Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Burial will be held at the Sunset Memorial Gardens of Minot.

Elroy was born on November 4, 1926 near Anamoose. He was the son of John and Lydia (Fetzer) Stotz. Elroy grew up and attended rural school south of Anamoose. As a young man he worked for his father on the family farm. Elroy entered the Army on February 18, 1946. He was honorably discharge on August 17, 1947. Elroy returned to Anamoose and farmed on the family homestead. He married Alice Heinle on June 20, 1948. Alice died on February 16, 1974. Elroy then married Gladys Sommer on June 9, 1975. Gladys and Elroy moved to Anamooose in the fall of 1999. Gladys passed away December 10,2006.

Elroy was a faithful member of the United Community Baptist Church of Anamoose. Elroy was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Anamoose since 1948. Elroy served as director of the Anamoose rural fire department of 21 years and served on the Anamoose rural school board for 2 years. Elroy enjoyed working and restoring old farm tractors. Elroy was an all around handyman and was a perfectionist in everything he did.

Elroy is survived by daughters, Doris (Lee) Johnson of Rapid City, South Dakota, Sandy (Bob) Fortunato of Palm Harbor, Florida, Linda (Lowell) Dusek of Anamoose; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren. Elroy was preceded in death by his parents; Alice and Gladys; sister, Violet Bender; great-grandson, Shawn Maslack.