Sheldon
Mortrud, 73
Fargo,
N.D. - Sheldon P. Mortrud, 73, died Saturday,
May 5, 2001 at his home in Fargo, N.D.
Funeral
services were held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 8, at
St. Paul's Free Lutheran Church in Fargo with Rev.
James Fugleberg officiating. Burial was in Alma
Lutheran Cemetery, rural Argyle. Boulger Funeral
Home of Fargo, was in charge of the
arrangements.
Sheldon
L. Mortrud was born on November 26, 1927 in
Newfolden, the son of Swan and Karen (Dyrud)
Mortrud. He grew up in Newfolden and attended Oak
Grove High School in Fargo. Sheldon served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He
married Delores Moe on February 17, 1952. She died
in June of 1988. On July 1, 1989, Sheldon married
Mary H. Foy in Lake Park. He worked most of his
life as a pipefitter and steamfitter.
Sheldon
enjoyed woodworking and gardening.
Survivors
include his wife, Mary of Fargo; four daughters,
Sonia (Don) Balmer of Thief River Falls, Marilee
(Mitchell) Johnson of Minneapolis, Debra (Craig)
Benson of Radcliffe, Iowa and Cindy (Ron) Petsinger
of Arvilla, N.D.; 12 grandchildren; four
great-grandchildren; and one uncle, Amos (Ovidie)
Dyrud of Minneapolis.
Sheldon
was preceded in death by his grandparents; parents;
and two sisters, Lucille Nelson and Marcella Taie.
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