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Jon Pagnac, 42

Willmar - Jon B. Pagnac, 42, died Monday, June 15, 1998 at a St. Cloud Hospital.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Stephen. Arrangements are with the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home, St. Cloud.

Jon B. Pagnac was born on September 15, 1955 in Hallock to Jon Sr. and Shirley (Jevning) Pagnac. He spent his youth in Stephen. After leaving school he remained in the Red River Valley area where he was the lead singer and bass guitarist in the band, "Home Grown." He married Patricia Flaten in 1975 and five years later moved to Willmar where he was employed as a truck driver for Jennie-O Foods.

Jon is survived by his mother, Shirley of Willmar; two brothers, Jeffrey of Willmar and Darwin of Stillwater, OK; two sisters, Darla Hansen of Big Lake and Sheila Nelson of Warren; grandparents, Herb and Millie Pagnac of Stephen; two nephews, Joshua and Bennett Pagnac of Thief River Falls; several aunts and uncles; and many cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father in 1983; his maternal grandparents; and one cousin.

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