Anton TYSDAL

TYSDAL, KELL, MORGAN, AKERS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/3/2009 at 11:36:00

Fort Morgan Times, Colorado
May 30, 2009

Anton Tysdal, 93 II vet excelled as carpenter

Anton "Tony" Tysdal, 93, of Berthoud died early Thursday morning at Windsor Healthcare Center. Tysdal was born Nov. 5, 1915, in Linn Grove, Iowa, to Ole and Marie Tysdal. He served in the Navy during World War II as a gunner's mate and was at Pearl Harbor shortly after it was attacked by the Japanese. He married Marjorie Kell on March 23, 1944, in Hampton, Iowa. He worked as a conductor for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad in Iowa and excelled as a carpenter, building their home in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He retired in 1977 and they moved to Mountain Home, Ark., before moving to Berthoud in 1991. Tysdal enjoyed hunting, fishing, boat racing, golfing, camping, carving items from wood, pitching horseshoes and even won the World Tournament in his class in 1986. He enjoyed traveling all over with his wife in their travel trailers and spending time with his family and friends. He was a member of the Samuel Lutheran Church in Eagle Grove.

Tysdal is survived by his wife, Marjorie of Berthoud; his children, Gary of Boulder, Marsha and Chuck Morgan of Fort Morgan; one granddaughter; a great-granddaughter; a step-grandson; and three step great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Melvin, Selmer and Joseph; and a sister, Bernice Akers. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Foothills Garden of Memories in Longmont.