English, William Blakeley, Jr. “Blake,” 76, of Fargo, died unexpectedly on November 25, 2023, at Altru Health in Grand Forks, ND. Blake was born June 1st, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN to William Blakeley “Blake” English, Sr. and Kathryn (Dahl) English. He attended Concordia College in Moorhead and met his future wife, Cheryl (Olson) English in Fargo during college. They were married in Fargo on December 5th, 1970 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. After making their home in South Fargo, Blake worked in various welding and industrial gas industry roles prior to forming, owning, and operating Valley Welders Supply, Inc. in the early 1980s. In 1996, he sold his business to Praxair, and continued there until retirement. However, full retirement was not in his nature, and he went to work part-time with his son Corey in the security industry. He was most recently employed with Central McGowan, finding purpose in the field that he loved, working with many of the same customer-friends that he ca