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Wayne
Elgin, 73
 Mesa,
Ariz. - Wayne S. Elgin, 73, died Tuesday, March
26, 2002 at Arizona Heart Hospital in
Phoenix.
Memorial
services were held on Friday, March 29, in Mesa,
Ariz. and interment with military honors took place
on Tuesday, April 2, at Fort Snelling National
Cemetery in Minneapolis. Honorary casketbearers
included Newell Cederholm, Ken Kammen, Jeff
Peterson, Andy Roskos, Marv Schiffler, and Sam
Wolvert.
Wayne
S. Elgin was born on December 12, 1928 in Badger,
the son of Charles and Leona (Dowhower) Elgin. He
graduated from Badger High School in 1946 and
worked in Alaska before enlisting in the U.S. Army
in 1948. While in the Army, Wayne served as a
personal chauffeur to the commanding officers at
Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Denver, Colo. and
at the Minnesota Military District in St.
Paul.
In
1951, he married Eunice Peterson of Badger. Wayne
farmed in Badger and also held retail management
positions in Thief River Falls and Alexandria. From
the late 1960s through the early 1980s, he was a
radio communications officer with the Minnesota
State Patrol, serving in Thief River Falls,
Marshall, and St. Cloud. In 1981, he became a
drivers license examiner for the Minnesota
Department of Public Safety in St. Cloud. Wayne
retired in 1991. After traveling extensively
throughout the United States and Canada by RV with
his wife, Eunice, the couple moved to Mesa,
Ariz.
Wayne
enjoyed traveling and playing his drums in a
variety of musical groups. He performed at
Hostfest, a Scandinavian festival in Minot, N.D. in
1998 and 1999, and enjoyed entertaining senior
citizens in Mesa. He also enjoyed storytelling and
spending time with family and friends. In his
earlier years, Wayne played high school and
semi-professional basketball and raced snowmobiles
with his family throughout the northern
U.S.
Survivors
include his wife, Eunice; a daughter, Karlyn (Mel)
Moore of Silverado, Calif.; three sisters, Hazel
(Garlin) Stromsmoe and Rema (George) Hanestad, both
of Thief River Falls, and Donna (Carl) Gustafson of
Mesa, Ariz. and Aberdeen, S.D.; and many nieces and
nephews.
Wayne
was preceded in death by his parents; three
brothers, Herl, Clifford, and Lewis; and two
sisters, Ethel Carlson and Eunice Gansauge.
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