The funeral service for Nyle Kenneth Burchill, 85, Valley City, North Dakota will be 10:00 AM, Saturday, June 29, at St. Raphael’s Chapel in SMP Health-St. Raphael, Valley City. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00-7:00 PM with a prayer service at 7:00 PM at Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel. Visitation will continue one hour before the service at St. Raphael’s Chapel. The burial will be at Hillside Cemetery, Valley City. Nyle died Monday, June 24, 2024, at SMP Health-St. Raphael.

Nyle Kenneth Burchill was born July 18, 1938, in Valley City, North Dakota, to Kenneth and Geneva (Bruns) Burchill. Nyle lived with his parents on a farm in Noltimier Township, Barnes County, until 1941, when the family moved to the Wittkop farm in Minnie Lake Township, four miles south of Pillsbury. He attended school in Pillsbury, graduating from Pillsbury High School in 1956. He started farming with his parents while in high school.

Nyle married Arlene Jensen at Baldwin Presbyterian Church in Pillsbury on September 26, 1959. They farmed in the Pillsbury area for over 40 years. In 1969, they purchased the Mike Gisi farm three miles southeast of Pillsbury and lived there until 1998, when they moved to a condo in Valley City. They retired from farming in 2000 and spent many winters in Mesa, Arizona. Nyle became a resident at St. Raphael in Valley City in February 2024.

Nyle and Arlene are the parents of five children: Timothy Nyle, Tamra Jo, Thomas Scott, Terry Evan, and Tricia Marie.

Nyle was a member of Baldwin Presbyterian Church in Pillsbury, where he served many years as a trustee and an elder. After moving to Valley City, he became a member of First Baptist Church and later Elim Evangelical Free Church. Nyle was active in The Gideons International for over five decades. He served on the Page Public School Board and the Barnes County Farm Bureau Board of Directors and was active in the North Dakota Crop Improvement Association. He was interested and active in community affairs throughout his lifetime.

Nyle is survived by his wife, Arlene; five children, Timothy (Christine), Jamestown, ND; Tamra Huesers, Minot, ND; Thomas (Shelly), Fargo, ND; Terry (Lisa), Sioux Falls, SD; and Tricia Vasquez, Lubbock, TX; ten grandchildren, Ryan (Jayme) Burchill, Michael Burchill, Alicia (Nathan) Skalsky, Jalen Burchill, Isaac (Madeleine) Burchill, Caleb Cartwright, Seth (Reagan) Burchill, Emma Cartwright, Annika Huesers, and Aaron Burchill; two great-grandchildren, Izaac Burchill and Charlotte Jobgen; a sister, Carol Szalay, Valley City; sister-in-law, Jeneva Burchill, Carefree, AZ; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, JoAnn and Dennis Nathan, Valley City; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, in-laws Leon and Annie Jensen, and a brother, Maynard.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to The Gideons International (www.gideons.org) in Nyle’s memory.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel, Valley City.  An online guestbook is available at www.olivernathanchapel.com.