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Raymond
Larson, 77
Moorhead
- Raymond E. Larson, 77, died Tuesday, April
17, 2001 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo,
N.D.
Funeral
services were held on Thursday, April 19, at 10:30
a.m. at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Moorhead.
Interment was in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in
Moorhead with Wright Funeral Home in charge of the
arrangements.
Raymond
E. Larson was born on July 16, 1923 in Thief River
Falls, the son of Richard and Jennie (Estlund)
Larson. He grew up and attended school in St.
Hilaire, graduating from high school there. He
began studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in St.
Peter. He interrupted his studies to join the Army
where he served in the 82nd Airborne Glider
Infantry, serving in Germany during World War II.
He then returned to Gustavus Adolphus and graduated
with a degree in business administration and
economics in 1947. He obtained his Master's degree
in guidance and counseling at North Dakota State
University in Fargo, N.D.
On
August 12, 1951, Ray married Helen Lindland in
Thief River Falls. The couple made their home in
Moorhead where he worked for Moorhead Public
Schools, serving as a junior and senior high school
teacher, guidance counselor, assistant principal
and assistant basketball coach, from 1947 until his
retirement in 1986. In retirement, he traveled,
spent winters in Arizona and summers at Fish Lake,
and was active in his church, Bethesda Lutheran
Church.
Ray
is survived by his wife, Helen; two sons, Richard
(Diane) Larson of Tucson, Ariz. and Robert (Karen)
Larson of Detroit Lakes; a daughter, Nancy
(William) Berg of Lewistown, Mont.; and six
grandchildren. A00003B2000AP25
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