Gully - Gay
Brovold, 50, died Sunday, January 7, 2001 at his rural Gully
home.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, January 10) at Lund Lutheran Church in Gully with Rev. Robert Rains officiating. Burial will be in Lund Lutheran Cemetery in Gully.
Visitation was held from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home in Fosston. Visitation will also be held for one hour prior to services at the church.
Gay Hansel Brovold was born on June 19, 1950 in Crookston, the son of Arnold and Sanna (Hanson) Brovold. He was baptized and confirmed at Lund Lutheran Church in Gully. He spent his early years in Gully, often helping his dad on the family farm north of Gully. He graduated from Gonvick High School in 1968 and enlisted in the United States Navy that same year. Gay's military experience was on a destroyer in the Pacific Ocean during the Vietnam War and stateside in Portland, Ore. He was honorably discharged in 1972.
On April 2, 1977, Gay was united in marriage to Doreen Senger at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fosston. He farmed and in later years, worked on construction and for the pipeline.
He was a member of Gonvick American Legion Post 304, Gully American Legion Post 603, Trail VFW Post 6426 and the Gully Sportsman's Club.
Gay's interests included maintaining food plots for deer, hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his wife, Doreen of Gully; a daughter, Sarah of Gully; a sister, Carol (Les) Torgerson of Thief River Falls; two nieces, a nephew, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Gay was preceded in death by his parents and a nephew. A00003B2000JA10