G.
Edwin Mounger, 79
Fargo,
N.D. - G. Edwin Mounger, 79, died on Thursday,
November 21, 2002 at MeritCare Hospital in Fargo,
N.D.
Funeral
services were held on Monday, November 25 at Eksjo
Lutheran Church in rural Lake Park. Interment was
in Dale Immanuel Cemetery of rural
Hawley.
G.
Edwin (Eddie) Mounger was born on March 29, 1923 in
Davenport, Wash. He graduated from Washington State
College in 1949 with degrees in industrial arts and
psychology. He later earned a degree in engineering
from the University of Minnesota. Eddie taught
industrial arts in Wapato, Wash. for two years
before moving to Minneapolis, where he worked for
Honeywell for three years. In 1956, he moved to
Newfolden, where he taught for eight years. In
1965, he moved to the Lunder farm in Dale and
taught industrial arts in Lake Park for four years.
He also worked in a cabinet shop for a time. Eddie
taught cabinet making and carpentry at Northwest
Technical Colled in Moorhead for 11 years before
retiring from teaching in 1981. After retirement,
he built cabinets and remodeled home from his shop
on the farm.
Eddie
served his country in the Army Air Force during
World War II. He was stationed in England and flew
combat missions over Europe.
On
August 30, 1947, he married Marilyn Lunder in
Spokane, Wash. He was a longtime member of Eksjo
Lutheran Church, where he served on the church
council and the property committee.
Survivors
include his wife, Marilyn; a son, Scott of Phoenix,
Ariz.; a daughter, Marylee Mounger of Wilsonville,
Ore.; two grandchildren; a twin sister, Edith
Reinbold of Davenport, Wash.; a sister, Beulah
Reinbold of Davenport, Wash.; and several nieces,
nephews and cousins. A00003B2002DC18
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