Wayne Kent Falstad, 78, Valley City, ND passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at SMP Health-St. Raphael, Valley City. A funeral service will be held at 2 pm, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Memory Gardens, Valley City.

Wayne Kent Falstad was born February 10, 1947, to Birger and Myrtle (Olstad) Falstad. He attended school in Hastings, North Dakota and Kathryn, North Dakota. Shortly after high school he started working at Crawford Electric. They did construction work throughout the Midwest. After 16 years, he moved to Arkansas and worked for Tyson Foods for 28 years before retiring. In 2016, he moved to Valley City where he lived until his death.

Wayne enjoyed sports of all kinds, but particularly high school basketball. He was a regular attendee at the Valley City High School home games. Saturdays Wayne could be found at the Eagles eating burgers where he visited and teased numerous friends and acquaintances. He had an exceptional mind for remembering dates: birth, death, etc.

Wayne is survived by his sisters, Elaine Erickson, Mavis Schlottman and Marci (Dale) Myer, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, sister Bernice Ketterling, brother Mylo Falstad, and brothers in law Stan Erickson, Albert Ketterling and Frank Schlottman.