Gary Dean LUND

LUND, NESHEIM, RHINER, DUFFEE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 9/20/2006 at 17:48:32

Funeral services for Gary Dean Lund. 65. of Clarion were held Friday, December 26, 2003 at the First Lutheran Church in Clarion. Pastor Gary Boen officiated. Casketbearers were Mike Marshall, Kevin Marshall, Jake Johnson, Bob Murphy, Chad Disney and Mark Disney. Honorary bearers were Larry E. Olson, Jim Larick, Harlan Poolman, Harlan Askelsen, Mark Lester, Roger Iverson, Tom Terrall and Larry Taylor. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion. Ewing Dugger Willim Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Gary Lund died December 23.

Gary Dean Lund, son of Peter T and Esther (Rhiner) Lund was born December 5, 1938 at Renwick. He was baptized at Ullensvang in Thor and confirmed at First Lutheran in Clarion. He attended Grant #9 country school and graduated from the Clarion High School in 1956. In 1961 he joined the National Guard 133rd Tac Con Flt in Fort Dodge until 1967. On May 31, 1964 he was united in marriage to Caroline Nesheim at the Lake Lutheran Church in rural Renwick. Gary farmed for 39 years and trucked for several businesses in the area. He was a Grant Township trustee, was treasurer of the Rural Fire Association since 1994, served as Trustee and Chairman of the Lake Cornelia Sanitation Board since 1980 and was on the Wright County Board of Adjustment. He was a past Chairman of the Wright County Extension Council and served on the North Central Farm Service Board.

He is survived by his wife, Caroline; sons, Michael James of Clarion and Matthew Dean and his wife, Michele of Clarion; twin granddaughters; his sister, Susan Duffee and her husband, Steve and two nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant son.

January 1, 2004
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