Clarence
Gulseth, 89
Blackduck
-- Clarence (Goose) Gulseth, 89, Blackduck,
died Tuesday, August 14, 2001, at Greensview Health
Care Center in Bagley. Services were held on
Friday, August 17, at Zion Lutheran Church in
Blackduck. Interment will be in Lakeview Cemetery,
Blackduck.
Clarence
Gulseth was born September 9, 1911 in Grygla to
Andrew and Anna Gulseth. He was baptized and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended school
and graduated in Thief River Falls.
He
started working for L.B. Hartz Co. when he was 20
and was manager of the billing department of the
warehouse for 14 years.
He
was married to Agnes Olson in 1937 in Thief River
Falls. They had two children, Pat and Larry. They
moved to Blackduck in 1947 where he and Al Jaranson
bought the Hartz and Gamble store. They later
desolved their partnership and Clarence became the
sole owner of the Hartz store. In 1966 he formed
Gulseth, Inc., with Larry Gulseth, Keith Anderson
and Carl Kubiak. Clarence retired in 1985. His wife
Agnes passed away in 1970, and in 1972 he married
Esther Page in Hines.
Clarence
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church for over 50
years in Blackduck, and served the church and
congregation in several church offices. He was a
charter member of the Blackduck Development Corp.,
a member of the Civic and Commerce, the Blackduck
Golf Course, and served on the Blackduck school
board for 14 years. He was a member of the
Blackduck of Minnesota Food Retailers, the Elks
Lodge, Masons, and was a Shriner.
Between
1978 and 1999 he spent winters in Mission, Tex. He
was an avid wood carver, and was a member of Rio
Grande Wood Carvers of McAllen, Tex.
Clarence
is survived by his wife Esther, one son, Larry
Gulseth of Baudette, one daughter, Pat, Mrs. Carl
Kubiak of Bagley, five grandchildren, three great
grandchildren, one stepdaughter, one stepson, seven
step grandchildren, and one sister, Ardith Jaronson
of Bemidji.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers,
Clarence and Arthur, and three sisters, Ida, Stella
and Doris.
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