Lyle Rodin, age 87, of Marion, ND, died Sunday, February 2nd at St. Rose Care Center in LaMoure, ND after a courageous battle with dementia.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, February 7th at the Marion Lutheran Church.  Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Marion Lutheran Church.  Interment will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery near Valley City in the Spring.  An online guestbook and livestream of Lyle’s service will be available at www.lerudmathias.com.

Lyle Eugene Rodin, the son of Fred and Inga (Olson) Rodin, was born March 3rd or 4th, 1937 at Mercy Hospital in Valley City.  He attended school at Greenland School  through 7th grade.  At an early age, he had built a good, hard work ethic working various jobs as a farm hand and mechanic.  On October 27th, 1957 Lyle married the love of his life, Dorothy Alber, at St. John’s Missouri Synod Church, southeast of Marion.  They made their home in Marion living in a small trailer 28’x8’.  Lyle worked for Miles Trapp at the implement business until 1961 when the business was destroyed by fire.  They moved to Valley City for a short time where Lyle worked for Geislers Implement until they returned to Marion, and Lyle purchased and operated the Texaco Repair Shop.  In 1974, he sold the Texaco Shop and built a new shop for Lyle’s Truck Sales and Service.  Those services consisted of mechanical repairs, mounting box and hoist, painting and selling trucks to surrounding farmers in the area.  He repaired many truck tires throughout his life and sold and repaired Dixon Zero Turn lawn mowers.  If you needed a part, he either had it, or knew where to find one.  Lyle was always on the go and was often referred to as “Speed”.  For several years, he operated and repaired school buses.  In 1976, they purchased the grocery store from Paul and Marjorie Sitz, which was known as L&D Grocery, until a storm destroyed the building.  In 1987, Lyle started farming with his son Darin, as his other son Brad had taken over Lyles Truck Sales and started Brad’s Body Shop.  Farming was something Lyle had always wanted to do.  He had a passion for working the fields, harvesting, raising cattle, haying and tending to his cats and dogs.  Lyle served on the Marion School Board, Marion City Council, Marion Fire Department where he was Chief in 1974 and was a member of the Marion Lutheran Church.  Lyle enjoyed spending time with his family, watching his kids and grandkids sporting events, hunting and fishing, playing cards, coffee hour with his buddies, attending races and handing out suckers to his grandchildren.  He greatly enjoyed driving his red pickup looking for cans.  Lyle was known for tinkering under a hood, repairing cars and trucks, witty jokes and finding treasures from another person’s junk pile.

Lyle is survived by his wife of 67 years, Dorothy, Marion, ND; his three sons, Michael (Gayle), Bradley (VaNita) and Darin (Lisa Berg), all Marion, ND; his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Heather Rodin, Sloane, Tony (Brittany) Rodin, Dixon, Lucas (Brittni) Rodin, Oaklee and Blaire, Chris (Rachel) Rodin, Cory (Alison) Rodin, Alaina, Parker and Alexis, Kayla (Matthew) Cuypers, Madalyn and Mason, Aaron (Kayla) Rodin, Brynlee and Bryer, Brenna (Ethan) McManaman, Alyson (Adam) Haberman, Nateal Rodin; Step- Grandchildren, Crystal (Tim) Lytle and family; a brother, Charles “Chuck” Rodin, Marion, ND; a brother-in-law Wilbert Ketterling, Wheaton, MN; numerous nieces and nephews.

Lyle was preceded in death by his parents, a son Randal, two brothers Floyd and Donald Rodin and a sister Avis Ketterling and granddaughters Katelyn and Mackenzie Rodin.

The family prefers memorials given to the Jamestown Regional Medical Center, 2422 20th Street SW, Jamestown, ND  58401.