Romal
Burtness, 76
Thief
River Falls - Romal Burtness, 76, died
Wednesday, April 25, 2001 while traveling in
Phoenix, Ariz.
Funeral
services were held at 2 
p.m.
on Tuesday, May 1, at Nazareth Lutheran Church in
Holt with Rev. Jay Borchert officiating. Yvonne
Larson was the organist. Casketbearers were Dr.
Orley Gunderson, Leroy Jenson, Denny Wendtland, Hal
Harbott, Griffin Newland and Rocky Jesperson.
Honorary casketbearers were Romal's co-workers from
Northwest Beverage. Interment was in the Holt
Cemetery in Holt.
Romal
Burtness was born on October 18, 1924, the son of
Adolph and Stella (Mickelson) Burtness. He was
baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in
Holt. He graduated from Newfolden High School and
went on to attend a business college in Fargo, N.D.
for two years. In 1944, Romal moved with his
parents to Portland, Ore. where he worked as an
accountant at Kaiser Ship Building Company during
the war. He returned to Minnesota a couple of years
after the war and made his home in Thief River
Falls. For many years he worked as an office
manager for Weiner Motors and then Falls Concrete.
He also worked for Midland Coop in Thief River
Falls prior to going to work at Northwest Beverage
where he was employed at the time of his
death.
Romal
was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church of Holt
and served on the Foundation board of Northland
Community and Technical College.
He
enjoyed hunting in his younger days. He also
enjoyed traveling and had traveled to Europe and
extensively throughout the United States. Dining
out and eating good food were also among the things
he enjoyed.
Romal
is survived by several cousins.
He
was preceded in death by his parents.
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