Roland Bateman

Roland Silver Bateman died on Sunday afternoon, January 5, 2014, in a Bismarck Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Friday, January 10, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Bismarck, Rev. Craig Schweitzer. Burial services will be held at a later date in Park River, ND. Roland was born in rural Adams, ND, on the kitchen table of his parent's home on February 5, 1925. His parents are the late Myron and Edith Bateman. He was the second of two children. His parents moved to Park River, ND, where Roland went to school, and graduated from the Walsh County Agricultural and training school. He joined the Army Air Corp when he was 18 years old and spent most of his time during World War II in the South Pacific flying transport planes for the military dignitaries as well as the B-28. He was appointed Second Lieutenant, Air Corps and the Army of the United States on the 27th of August 1946. Roland was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in March, 1961. Following his service in World War II, he went back to North Dakota, where he met his bride to be, Marion Joan Linfoot, while attending the University of North Dakota. They were married in Grand Forks in the Linfoot family home on August 29, 1947. They moved to an apartment in Chicago where Roland attended Northwestern University and ultimately graduated from the School of Business with a degree in business. They moved back to Park River, ND, in 1950 where he began working with his father at Bateman Motors and selling Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln and also Ford trucks and tractors. Roland loved his work, but was also involved in various community groups, the Park River Commercial Club, hospital fund raising and the fire department. He was also a life-long member of the Federated Church in Park River. Roland enjoyed taking his children out sledding and tobogganing—great hills at the Park River Golf Course. We had many great family get-togethers at the home of his parents, Myron and Edith Bateman and his Sister Ada Lou Colwell and her family. Fond memories were made there on the 4th of July, and at Christmas time, he loved endulging in his favorite Norwegian meal that of lefse and lutafisk. Roland's first wife, Marion, passed away November 12, 1988. He married Naomi Scheet, December of 1995. They lived in Palm Desert, California for 19 years. Naomi and Roland have lived in Bismarck since the fall of 2007. Roland is survived by his wife, Naomi; his six children, Joan Homer Reynolds, Arlington, TX; David Sharon Bateman, Stowe, Vermont; Rick Bateman, Anaheim Hills, California; Barbara Bateman, Yucca Valley, California; Sally Tim Ostenrude, Hoople, ND; and Michael LaDonna Bateman, Minneapolis, MN. He has ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; Naomi's children, Wallen Cathy Franklund, Northfield, MN, Janet Filibeck, Glen Ullin, ND, and Roger Carrie Franklund, Columbia Falls, MT; and several nieces and nephews. Roland was preceded death by his first wife, Marion; parents, Myron and Edith Bateman; and sister, Ada Lou Colwell.

Roland Bateman

February 5, 1925 - January 5, 2014