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Helmer
Myhrer, 88
Thief
River Falls &endash; Helmer "Ham" Myhrer, 88,
died on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, at Northwest
Medical Center, CNC Unit, Thief River Falls.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, Jan. 25,
2003, at the Evangelical Free Church in Thief River
Falls, with Reverend Jim Howard officiating. Burial
was in the Greenwood Cemetery in Thief River Falls.
Helmer
"Ham" Andrew Myhrer was born on Aug. 20, 1914, in
Stillwater, the son of Rev. Thorvald and Bertha
(Kjimmestad) Myhrer. He was baptized in the
Christian Faith in Stillwater. Ham moved with his
family to Newfolden in 1919, where he was confirmed
and attended grade school and graduated from high
school. He attended St. Olaf College and
transferred to Moorhead State.
During
World War II, Ham served in the US Army 99th
Infantry Battalion Sep., which was a
Norwegian-American Ski Unit of Special Forces. He
received his training at Camp Ripley in Minnesota
and Camp Hale in Colorado. In 1943 the Battalion
left for Europe landing in Glasglow, Scotland and
then went to training at Tidworth, England for nine
months. They moved to Abergavinne, Wales and
trained for three more months, then moved to the
English Channel where they were involved in the
invasion of Normandy. Helmer never forgot those 60
days spent in the hedgerows of Normandy.
On
October 2, 1948, he was united in marriage to
Lucille Hetland by his father, Rev. Thorvald
Myhrer. They made their home in Thief River Falls,
where he worked for a short time for the telephone
company and also worked for City Dairy, (Waldy
Christensen) for many years, and retired from
Bridgman's in 1974, where he made ice cream,
bottled and delivered milk, and made door to door
deliveries. As a retiree Ham helped Jon Anton
farming.
Ham
was fluent in Norwegian and enjoyed fishing, bird
watching with his grandchildren, playing softball,
camping, picnicking, yard work, building bluebird
and wren houses, going for drives in the country,
visiting with family and friends and had a great
sense of humor. He was a member of Evangelical Free
Church in Thief River Falls.
Ham
is survived by his children Janet (Jon) Anton of
Thief River Falls, Randi (Daniel) Hodny of Thief
River Falls; several grandchildren; twin sister
Helen Hetland of Thief River Falls, sister Verna
(Robert) Ehrle of Chisago City; sisters-in-law
Florence Myhrer of Thief River Falls and Verna
Myhrer of Newfolden, along with several nieces and
nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his wife Lucille, parents,
sister Elfie Sunde; brothers Kore Myhrer and
Marshall Myhrer and an infant brother and sister.
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