Carrol Maurice BAKKEN

BAKKEN, AGRIMSON, TENDALL, SWALVE, NEELEY, FRAYNE, SIMON, CARLSON, DAVIS, JOHNSON, CROSBY, BOLSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:58

August 13, 1921 ---- March 11, 2002

Carrol M. Bakken, 80, of Garner died Monday, March 11, 2002, at the Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Garner with the Rev. Robert Bronson officiating. Music was provided by organist, Beverly Cataldo who accompanied soloist, Doug Hayes and congregational hymns. Ushers were Fred Weiss and Alvin "Pete" Hansen. Honorary bearers were the Garner Rotary Club. Casket bearers were Brad Bakken, Josh Swalve, Bryan Frayne, Eddy Simon, Dennis Doble and John Rohlf. Interment was in the Concord Township Cemetery with military rites by the Garner Veterans Ceremonial Unit.

Carrol Maurice Bakken, the son of Carl and Marie (Agrimson) Bakken, was born August 13, 1921, on a farm near Sebeka, Minnesota, where he was baptized and confirmed in a Lutheran Church. He graduated from the Sebeka High School in 1941 and remained on the home farm until 1943, when he attended Augsburg College. He served his country during WW II in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947, serving most of his time on the U.S. Submarine Besugo in the Pacific Ocean.

On November 29, 1947, he married LaVina Tendall at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Belmond. They lived on a farm south of Clarion until the spring of 1950, when they rented a farm north of Clarion. Seven years later, they purchased a farm south of Garner. While farming, they also raised hogs and turkeys and owned and operated a grain storage and drying business.

Mr. Bakken was involved with founding Unicover Inc. which operated on the Bakken farm from 1975 until 1996, when a fire forced them to relocate east of Britt. In 1976, they moved into Garner. The Bakkens enjoyed traveling and spent part of each winter in California.

An active member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Mr. Bakken served as treasurer and deacon and belonged to the St. Paul Men's Club. He was a member of the Garner Rotary Club, Crown Jewel Development Corporation, Garner American Legion and the River City SCORE Chapter. He also served a term on the Garner City Council and was on the board of trustees for Prairie View Apartments for 21 years serving one term as president.

He is survived by his wife, LaVina of Garner; three children, James Bakken and his wife, Cheryl of Forest City, Steve Bakken and his wife, Laurie of Apple Valley, Minnesota and Karen Swalve of Garner; a son-in-law, Mike Neeley of New Brighton, Minnesota; eight grandchildren, Cheila Frayne and her husband, Bryan of Garner, Brenda Simon and her husband, Eddy of Mason City, Dawn Bakken of Mason City, Brad Bakken and his wife, Sara of Garner, Alex Bakken of Apple Valley, Minnesota, Heather Swalve of Ames, Melanie Swalve of Cedar Falls and Joshua Swalve of Garner; and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are four sisters, Benora Carlson and her husband, Roy of Redlands, California, Viola Davis and her husband, Seth of Vancouver, Washington, Alma Johnson of Redlands, California and Esther Crosby and her husband, Warren of Granite Falls, Minnesota; three half-brothers, Milton Bakken and his wife, Zola of Wanamingo, Minnesota, David Bakken of Owatonna, Minnesota and Paul Bakken and his wife, Toni of San Diego, California; and one half-sister, Ruth Bolson and her husband, Roger of Bloomington, Minnesota. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Annette; his parents; an infant grandson; a brother-in-law, Curtis Johnson; and a half-brother, Ronald Bakken.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
March 14, 2002