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Robert
J. Looker, 82
Grand
Forks, N.D. - Robert J. Looker, 82, formerly of
Thief River Falls, died on Saturday, December 21,
2002 at his home. 
Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday,
December 27 at Wesley United Methodist Church in
Grand Forks, N.D. Casketbearers will be Robert's
grandsons. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.
on Thursday, December 26 at Amundson Funeral Home
in Grand Forks, N.D. Visitation will also take
place for one hour prior to services at the church
on Friday. Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery
in Thief River Falls. Following interment,
refreshments will be served in the community room
at the C'Mon Inn in Thief River Falls. Memorials
are preferred to Altru Hospice or the American
Cancer Society.
Robert
John Looker was born on June 16, 1920, the son of
Robert E. and Grace (Bannerman) Looker in Bismarck,
N.D. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Thief
River Falls in 1938. He began working for the Soo
Line Railroad of Thief River Falls in 1940. Robert
served in the U.S. Army overseas during World War
II. In 1945, he returned to Thief River Falls to
continue work for the Soo Line Railroad. He retired
in 1980.
On
March 8, 1942, he married Bernice Nesland at Zion
Lutheran Church in Oklee. He was a member of the
Northern Lodge #236 Masons of Thief River Falls,
the Royal Arch Masons of Thief River Falls, the
Constantice Commandry #20 of Crookston, the Kem
Temple of the Shrine of Grand Forks, N.D. and the
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry of Grand Forks, N.D.
He was also a member of the American Legion Post
#117, past Lieutenant Governor of the Golden
Kiwanis, the Elk Lodge #1308 and the Winslow
Chapter #182 Order of the Eastern Star, all of
Thief River Falls. He was also a member of the
United Transportation Union of Thief River
Falls.
Survivors
include his wife, Bernice of Grand Forks, N.D.; a
sister, Norma Jean Looker of Mission, Texas;
children, Mary Jenson of Mission, Texas, Susan
(Jim) Englestad of Fargo, N.D., and Roberta Looker,
Jon (Junell), Ruth (Roger) Olson and Michael
(Karen) Looker, all of Thief River Falls, and Nancy
(Paul) Boerboom of Hartford, S.D.; 12
grandchildren; and ten
great-grandchildren.
Robert
was preceded in death by his parents and a
son-in-law, Earl Jensen. A00003B2002DC25
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