Leo Nagel, 85, Bismarck, died Oct. 21, 2007, in a Bismarck hospital. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at Church of Corpus Christi, Bismarck, with the Rev. Paul Becker officiating. Burial will be held in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bismarck Funeral Home with a prayer service and rosary at 7 p.m. Visitation continues one hour prior to services at the church.

Leo was born Nov. 2, 1921, at Linton. The son of the late Rochus and Emilia (Wagner) Nagel, he was raised on a farm and received his education in Emmons County School District. Drafted into the United States Army Nov. 30, 1942, he was honorably discharged Feb. 10, 1946, at Camp McCoy, Wis., as a Staff Sgt. He returned to Emmons County where he continued to work on his dad's farm. On Dec. 1, 1946, he started working for Linton Electric and Plumbing as an apprentice electrician. On June 3, 1947, he married Ann Sehn at Linton. Leo and Ann went on a honeymoon to Chicago where an early morning phone call advised them to leave immediately because the hotel was on fire. Thanks to an Army buddy who made reservations at a different hotel, they enjoyed the next 10 days.

In summer of 1948 he started his own electrical business. On July 1, 1949, he started as an electrical inspector for the North Dakota State Electrical Board. In 1956 he and his family moved to Jamestown and later he became North Dakota's chief electrical inspector. In 1958 they moved to Bismarck when he organized the N.D. chapter of IAEI (International Association of Electrical Inspectors) and served as its first chairman. In 1968 he served as president of Western Section IAEI and in 1979 was elected president of IAEI. He was a past member of Underwriters Laboratories and served on its electrical council for 16 years. He was a founding member of Corpus Christi Church and served on St. Mary's High School Board for four years. He retired in 1986.

Leo was a longtime member of the American Legion and Eagles. He had life membership in both the Knights of Columbus and Bismarck Elks. He enjoyed dancing and playing cards.

He is survived by his wife, Ann; and three children, Lee, Washington, D.C., and Colleen (Francis) Erba and Galen (Marleen Bye) Nagel; five grandchildren, Joseph and Anne Marie Erba and Kyla, Kyri and Krista Bye-Nagel; his sister, Cecilia Feist, Strasburg; and his brothers, Al and Eugene, both of Bismarck.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and three brothers, Harry, Tony and Eddie.