BJORK, Keith 1957-2003

BJORK, HENRIKSON, JESPERSON, OLSON, JOHNSON, ADAMS

Posted By: Roseanna Zehner (email)
Date: 4/12/2003 at 08:35:04

Keith Bjork, 45, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Friday, April 4, 2003, at Covington Heights Convalescent Center following a long illness.

Services were Tuesday at Grandview Covenant Church, rural Larchwood, with interment in the church cemetery.

Mr. Bjork was born Dec. 5, 1957, at Valley Springs, S.D., the son of Virgil and Burnice (Henrikson) Bjork. He grew up in the Larchwood area and attended school at West Lyon and in Rock Rapids. He received training in Des Moines to do microfilming.

On June 25, 1983, he married Amy Jesperson. They lived in Sioux Falls where he worked in telemarketing, as a supervisor of carriers for the Argus Leader and as a production worker with Goodwill Industries. He became a resident of Covington Heights Convalescent Care Center after suffering a stroke in August 2002.

Survivors include his wife; mother of Mesa, Ariz., and three sisters, Mrs. Len (Cheryl) Olson of Mesa, Mrs. Warren (Carol) Johnson of Carmel, Ind., and Mrs. Stan (Barbara) Adams of Brighton, Mich.

He was preceded in death by his father and infant brother.