Dennis
Forst, 69
Strathcona
- Dennis Forst, 69, died on April 26 at his
home near Strathcona surrounded by his family.
Funeral
Services for Dennis Forst were held on Thursday,
April 29 at Faith Lutheran Church in rural Badger.
Dennis
Forst, the son of Rose (Hynek) and Arthur Forst was
born in Poplar Grove Township south of Badger on
November 19, 1934. He attended grade school at
Benwood and at the Grass Lake School, and high
school in Greenbush. Dennis' dad passed away while
he was attending high school so Dennis stayed home
to help with the farm.
On
October 20, 1956 he and Carol Lee Bjerk were united
in marriage in the Klondike church. They moved to
Minneapolis for a year to work and returned to
raise Turkeys. He also worked at Shelley, MN for a
farmer, and then moved back to the home farm in
1962. He worked road construction, cut pulp wood,
sold logs and lumber, and began working at Polaris
in 1967. He worked at Polaris for 30 years,
retiring in 1997.
Dennis
had many hobbies, things he enjoyed, and things
that were very important to him. Most importantly
were his children and grandchildren. He was a
member of the Faith Lutheran Church. He loved deer
hunting, liked many board games and cards, played
horse shoes, lawn darts, volleyball, and river
fished with his kids. Dennis loved sweets, and
there were always lots of them around. He enjoyed
watching the stock car races at Greenbush where his
son races, and NASCAR on TV.
Dennis
was an excellent handyman and could fix anything.
He passed this trait on to his boys. While working
at Polaris he worked in "rework," and now two of
his boys work in "rework." He built go-carts and
snowmobiles from scratch and enjoyed remodeling and
carpentry. He also loved riding his Polaris
snowmobile in his spare time.
Survivors
include his wife Carol Lee; children, Linda Forst
of Denver, Colo., Karen (Chet) Castle of Badger,
Danny Forst of Badger, Connie Bishop of Badger,
Dean (Deanna) Forst of Thief River Falls, Doug
(Sheila) Forst of Strathcona, and Dale (Kara) Forst
of Greenbush; 12 grandchildren; four sisters,
Dolores (Morris) Lundquist of Eufala, Okla.,
Beatrice (Godfred) Svir of Thief River Falls,
Ardith (Vernon) Waage of Greenbush, and Beverly
(Joe) Swanson of Fergus Falls; and a sister-in-law,
Terrye Forst of Forest Lake.
He
was preceded in death by an infant daughter Peggy
Lee, one brother Eugene Forst, and his parents.
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