E.
Reuben Lockrem, 77
Schroeder
- E. Reuben Lockrem, 77, died on Monday,
December 9, 2002 at his home in
Schroeder.
Funeral
services were held on Friday, December 13 at the
Lutsen Evangelical Lutheran Church. Interment was
in Schroeder Cemetery.
E.
Reuben Lockrem was born on February 13, 1925, the
son of Rev. Andrew and Christine (Aaseby) Lockrem
in Thief River Falls. He attended rural grade
school and graduated from Lincoln High School in
1941. He then served in the United States Navy for
two years.
On
September 24, 1949, he married Harriett Haugen in
Thief River Falls. Reuben owned an appliance store
in Thief River Falls for several years. He then
became a Lutheran Brotherhood agent and worked in
Grand Forks, N.D. and, later, in Fosston. In 1986,
Reuben retired and the couple moved to Schroeder,
where they built their home on Lake
Superior.
Survivors
include his wife, Harriett; two sons, Peter (Jane)
of San Jose, Calif. and Timothy (Sue) of Coon
Rapids; four grandchildren; a brother, Quentin of
St. Paul; two sisters-in-law; and many nieces and
nephews.
Reuben
was preceded in death by his parents; a brother,
Caleb; and sisters, Gertrude Hanson, Lydia Hanson
and Judith York.
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