Trail - Glenn Tasa, 81, died Monday, August 17, 1998 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, ND.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Friday, August 21 at Nazareth Lutheran Church, rural Trail, with Reverend Steven Sparley officiating. Grace Hammer was the organist, and Jeff Solheim was the soloist. Casketbearers were Steve Johnson, Jeff Solheim, Mike Solheim, Nathan Solheim, Brady Solheim, Anders Carlson and Aaron Tasa. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Green Funeral Home of Thief River Falls was in charge of the arrangments.
Glenn L. Tasa was born on June 18, 1917 in Holden township of Goodhue county, the son of Tom and Sadie (Cook) Tasa. He was baptized as an infant at Little Cannon Lutheran Church and confirmed at Nazareth Lutheran Church, rural Trail. The family moved to Hickory township when Glenn was seven years old. He attended school in Goodhue county, Thief River Falls and Hickory township. He graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston in 1936. Following graduation he returned home to Hickory township where he farmed.
On June 24, 1939 Glenn was united in marriage to Lillian G. Chervestad at Fisher. The couple continued to operate the grain and cattle farm in Hickory township.
He was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church, serving in a number of capacities. Glenn was a Pennington County Commissioner for 36 years, from 1948 to 1984. He was also a rural school board member, a member of the Association of Minnesota Counties, served on the Governor's Transportation Task Force, Northland Community College board, and the board of Oakland Park Nursing Home when the new facility was built.
Glenn is survived by three daughters, Sharon (Sharol) Johnson of Erskine, Dianne (Bob) Solheim of Roswell, GA and Connie (Gary) Carlson of White Bear Lake; two sons, Gerald Tasa of Mound and Luane (Sandy) Tasa of Bemidji; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one sister, Annabelle (Juel) Chervestad of Oklee.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Lillian on April 1, 1990; and two sisters, Irene Molde and Helen Waldvogel.