Sollien, Andrew 1928 – 2012

SOLLIEN, AUNA, OSMUNDSON, FOLKEDAHL, NELSON, HONGERHOLT, TWITE, HALVERSON, HOSTINGS, MAHR, RUDE, NESHEIM, THORSON, MALICK, BURNETT, SCHUMACHER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/10/2013 at 14:49:34

Source: Decorah Newspaper

Andrew Sollien

Andrew Sollien, 83, of Spring Grove, Minn., formerly a long-time resident and business owner in Mabel, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at Tweeten Healthcare in Spring Grove. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, at the Hesper Lutheran Church in Hesper, with the Rev. Matt Larson officiating. Burial is in the Hesper Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation is 4 – 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18, at the Hesper Lutheran Church in Hesper and one hour prior to services.

Andy was born Nov. 23, 1928, in Quandahl, to Johannes and Dora (Auna) Sollien. He attended country schools in the Quandahl area. He married Inez Osmundson Jan. 30, 1949, at the Highland Lutheran Church in rural Spring Grove. They lived in the Spring Grove, Quandahl and Van Horn areas before settling in the Hesper and Mabel area in 1950. He had worked as a logger for a short time, at Goodyear in Van Horn, and then for Midland in Mabel from 1953 until 1983. In 1984 he and his son, Tim, started Sollien Service Center and Used Cars and later Mabel Amoco in Mabel. Andy retired in 2006. He was a member of the Hesper Lutheran Church and Alcoholics Anonymous. He had served on the Mabel Fire Department for 18 years. He enjoyed fishing trips with friends, trips to Las Vegas, playing cards and cribbage, wheeling and dealing in cars, the annual fire department squirrel hunt and spending time with his family. Special thanks to Don Gavin and the Kraus’s.

Andy is survived by two daughters, Andrea (Forrest) Folkedahl and Deb (Greg) Nelson both of Hesper; a son, Timothy, of Mabel; seven grandchildren: Brenda (Burt) Hongerholt of Lanesboro, Scott (Brenda) Nelson of Stewartville, Rick (Stacy) Nelson of Stewartville, Allison (Chris) Twite of Lanesboro, Lisa (Nathan) Halverson of Mabel, Laura (Josh) Hostings of Canton and Andrew Sollien of Mabel; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Judy (Gene) Mahr of Lime Springs and Martha Rude of Mabel; sisters-in-law, Jaerdis (Norwin) Nesheim of Decorah, Florence (Herbert) Thorson of Spring Grove; and brother-in-laws Jerold (Joan) of Washburn and Richard (LeaEtta) of Eagan, Minn.; and many nieces and nephews.

Andy was preceded in death by his wife, Inez; his parents, a grandson, Troy; a brother, Stanley; a sister, Cora Malick; three sisters-in-law: Adele Burnett, Sharon Schumacher and Gladys Sollien; and a brother-in-law, Curt Rude.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.

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