James
Helgeland, 55
Roseau
- James "Jim" Helgeland, 55, formerly of Thief
River Falls, died Saturday, March 3, 2001 in Kratka
township of Pennington county.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday,
March 7) at Bethany Lutheran Church, rural
Thief
River Falls with Rev. Bob Dahlen officiating.
Casketbearers will be Keith Flaten, Ron Philipp,
Alan Grand, Lee Sorensen, Todd Elmer and Mike
Helgeland. Interment will be in Bethany Cemetery in
Smiley township of Pennington county.
Visitation
was held from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 with a 7
p.m. prayer service at Green Funeral Home in Thief
River Falls. Visitation will also be held for one
hour prior to services at the church.
James
Douglas Helgeland was born on May 22, 1945 in Thief
River Falls, the son of Erwin and Beatrice "Betty"
(Swanson) Helgeland. He was baptized and confirmed
at Bethany Lutheran Church. He grew up in Smiley
township and attended school in Thief River Falls,
graduating from Lincoln High School in 1963. While
attending school, Jim worked at Western Auto. He
also worked for Detroiter Homes in Red Lake Falls
and Home Lumber in Thief River Falls. He continued
work as a journeyman for the pipeline in several
locations until the early 1970's.
On
September 21, 1976, Jim was united in marriage to
Barb Nornes at Red Lake Falls. The couple made
their home in Roseau. Jim worked at Marvin Windows
in Warroad for nine years and for the past six
years had been employed as parts manager at
Sorensen Chevrolet in Roseau.
He
enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, football, gardening
and spending time with friends and family,
especially his grandchildren. Jim also did a lot of
welding for area people.
Survivors
include his wife, Barbara of Roseau; three sons,
Paul Helgeland of Thief River Falls, Chad (Jana)
Helgeland of Andover and Scott (Tiffany) Helgeland
of Roseau; six grandchildren; a brother, Robert
(Linda) Helgeland of Thief River Falls; a sister,
Cindy (Roger) Hesse of Thief River Falls; and
several aunts and other relatives.
Jim
was preceded in death by his parents.
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