Silas
Kompelien, 80
Dallas,
Texas - Silas B. Kompelien, 80, formerly of
Thief River Falls, died on August 20, 2002 in
Dallas, Texas.
Memorial
services were held on Friday, August 23 at the
Morris Nilsen Funeral Chapel in Minneapolis.
Interment was at Fort Snelling National
Cemetery.
Silas
B. Kompelien was born on March 21, 1922, the son of
Oluf and Bella (Rensla) Kompelien, in Pennington
County. He graduated from Lincoln High School in
1940. Silas served in the United States Navy during
World War II. He was a graduate of the University
of Minnesota.
On
December 24, 1945, he married Dorothy Jensen. The
couple lived in Bloomington where Silas worked for
IDS. They later moved to Walker where he worked for
the Cass County Welfare Department. The couple
spent their retirement in Harlingen, Texas until
February, 2002 when they moved to Dallas to be near
their son and his family.
Survivors
include his wife, Dorothy of Dallas, Texas; a
daughter, Patricia (Robert) Woodbury of Moorhead;
three sons, Wayne (Peggy) of Dallas, Texas, Larry
(Jodi) of Blaine and Craig (Barbara) of Savage;
nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a
brother, Everett (Arlette) of Thief River Falls;
two sisters, Orlanda Ericksson of Bemidji and Pearl
Ramsland of Isle; 14 nieces and nephews; and
several cousins and many friends.
Silas
was preceded in death by his parents, an infant
brother and two brothers-in-law.
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