L.
LeRoy Rahier, 74
Oklee
- L. LeRoy Rahier, 74, died Saturday, July 21,
2001 at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 
10:30
a.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church in Oklee with
Rev. Robert Paulson officiating. Maureen Mundt will
be the organist, and special music will be provided
by Eric and Patty Mickelson. Casketbearers will be
Eric Mickelson, Arlen Brekke, Dale Brekke, Wayne
Vettleson, Ron Hegge and Vincent Lundeen. Honorary
casketbearers will be Bob Blumke, Jim Bendickson,
Robert Torkelson, Orrin Anderson, Oscar Flateland,
Leonard Rahier, Willard Rahier and Ralph Person.
Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in
Oklee.
Visitation
was held Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Johnson
Funeral Service in Oklee. Visitation will also be
held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
L.
LeRoy Rahier was born on July 15, 1927 at Oklee,
the son of Wilfred "Bill" and Alpha (Bender)
Rahier. He attended a country school and later
Oklee High School.
On
September 19, 1948, he was united in marriage to
Janis Larson in Borup. LeRoy lived and farmed near
Oklee all of his life. Janis died on August 4,
1998.
LeRoy
served on the FHA board, creamery board and church
boards of Valle and Zion Lutheran
Church.
Survivors
include a son, Gary Rahier of Oklee; three
daughters, Sheryl Payne of Thief River Falls, Gayle
Flateland of Oklee and Deborah (Greg) Whalen of
Oklee; six grandsons; four great-grandchildren; two
sisters, Rose Mandt of Oklee and Ethel (Bud) Emmer
of Oak Creek, Wisc.; an aunt; and numerous nieces,
nephews and cousins.
LeRoy
was preceded in death by his wife; parents; an
infant daughter, Nancy Jean Rahier; and infant
brother, Earl Rahier.
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