Orval Teman Tilleraas 1921-2009

GOODNO, TILLERAAS, LUND, MELBOSTAD, BISTODEAU, ZIMMERMAN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 6/19/2009 at 19:30:44

Orval T. Tilleraas

Orval T. Tilleraas, 88, of Waukon died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon following a brief illness. Funeral services were held Saturday, May 16 at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church in rural Dorchester, with Pastor Allen Hermeier officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Martin Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Orval Teman Tilleraas was born February 1, 1921 on the Tilleraas family farm in Waterloo Township, rural Dorchester, the son of Olaf and Tinka (Goodno) Tilleraas. He was baptized and confirmed at Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church and attended Waterloo Ridge Elementary School, both in rural Dorchester.

March 6, 1941 he married Evelyn Henrietta Lund at the Spring Grove parsonage. Orval and Evelyn farmed for many years until he retired from farming in 1977. After retiring from farming he went to work for the Spring Grove Bottling Company until he sold the farm and moved to Decorah in April of 1995. He has been a resident at the Good Samaritan Center since November of 2006.

Orval was a life-long member of Waterloo Ridge Lutheran Church, a lifetime member of Valheim #364 Sons of Norway in Spring Grove, MN, a former member of National Farmers Organization, and served on the board of directors of Scandinavian Mutual Insurance Company. Orval enjoyed playing cards, especially whist, dancing, watching baseball and spending time with his family and friends.

Survivors include his seven children, Judith (Verdayne) Melbostad of Spring Grove, MN, Jaerdis (Darrell) Bistodeau of Waukon, Terry (Janice L.) Tilleraas of Dodgeville, WI, Jeannine (David) Zimmerman of Waukon, Truman (Janice G.) Tilleraas of Spring Grove, MN, Trygve (Rose) Tilleraas of Decorah, and Troy (Niki) Tilleraas of Hastings, MN; 17 grandchildren, Jodeen (Jack) Swinghamer, Robert Melbostad, Steven (Sheila) Melbostad, Jackie (Tim) Fabel, Andrew (Emily) Tilleraas, Jessica (Greg) Phelps, John (Jessica) Zimmerman, Kristina (Ben) Gralund, Kelsey (Matthew) Slay, Ryan Tilleraas, Chad Tilleraas, Jared (Betty) Tilleraas, Emily Tilleraas and fiance J.R. Eugene Taylor, Nicolas Tilleraas, Briaane Tilleraas and fiance Cody Massman, Dakota Tilleraas and Tucker Tilleraas; 17 great-grandchildren; a brother-in-law, Lee Lund of Stevens Point, WI; and special friends, Lester and Genevieve Bentley of Decorah.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Evelyn, who died in 1980; and a granddaughter, Joanna Zimmerman.

Honorary casketbearers were his granddaughters. Casketbearers were his grandsons.

The Waukon Standard, May 20, 2009
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