Luverne
Felling, 71
Brooks
- Luverne Felling, 71, died Wednesday, March 6,
2002 at his home in Brooks.
Funeral
services were held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 11,
at St. 
Joseph's
Cath-olic Church in Brooks with Father Timothy
McGee officiating. Casket-bearers were Luverne's
grandsons, Nicholas Waldal, Heath Rosten, Shayne
Waldal, and Scott Waldal. Interment was in the
church cemetery with Johnson Funeral Service of Red
Lake Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Luverne
Bernard Felling was born on August 26, 1930 at
Belgrade, the son of Michael and Helen (Kuefler)
Felling. He grew up and attended school in Sauk
Centre.
On
August 16, 1950, Luverne was united in marriage to
Dellas Robidoux at Fort Riley, Kan. Luverne served
with the U.S. Army for 21 years, earning the Bronze
Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He served in
Japan, Okinawa, Iran, Vietnam and various stateside
posts.
After
Luverne retired from the service out of Belleville,
Ill. in 1969, he and Dellas made their home on a
farm near Brooks until 1989 when they moved into
Brooks. After retiring from farming, Luverne worked
as a foreman in the welding shop at Arctic Cat in
Thief River Falls. He also worked at various other
jobs.
He
was a member of the Plummer American Legion Post
and Knights of Columbus and enjoyed tinkering with
old equipment and talking with people.
Luverne
is survived by his wife, Dellas; three daughters,
Delyne (Gerry) Mattison of Plummer, Cheryl (Don)
Scott of St. Hilaire, and Kim (David) Panozzo of
Scottsdale, Ariz.; a son, Kenneth of Dallas, Texas;
eight grandchildren; two sisters, Yvone (Ken) Korte
of Roseville and Lynette (Dan) Jesh of White Bear
Lake; three brothers, Ronald (Pat) of Highland,
Ind., Mike (Judy) of Sauk Centre, and Harvey
(Darlene) of Bloomington.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and a sister,
Phyllis Korte. A00003B2002MR13
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