Roger
Richter, 64
Thief
River Falls - Roger Richter, 64, died
Wednesday, June 13, 2001 at St. Cloud Hospital in
St. Cloud.
Funeral
services were held at 2 
p.m.
on Saturday, June 16, at Zion Lutheran Church in
Thief River Falls with Rev. Dennis Raymond
officiating. Ida Nordvall was the organist, and
special music was provided by Van Swanson and Jude
Harris. Merlyn O'Malley was the eulogist.
Casketbearers were Craig Molstad, Casey O'Malley,
Michael O'Malley, Marlyn Beaudine, Orlin Lerol,
John Erickson, John Kopari and John Frye. Burial
was in Loon Lake Cemetery in Vergas with Green
Funeral Home of Thief River Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Roger
R. Richter was born on August 31, 1936 in Moorhead,
the son of Udo T. and Frances (Berend) Richter. He
was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith
at Moorhead. He grew up in Moorhead where he
attended school and graduated from high school.
Following graduation, he attended the New York
School of Hair Design for two years.
On
June 6, 1966, Roger was united in marriage to
Shirley Stenson in Minneapolis. The couple made
their home there, and Roger worked for White
Tractor Company and then Federal Cartridge. In
1971, they moved to Thief River Falls where Roger
was employed as a custodian for Ind. School
District 564. He retired in 1989.
Roger
was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, a charter
member of the Pennington County Sportsman's Club
and a member of the Teamsters Union.
He
enjoyed goose hunting, fishing, talking, meeting
new people, having coffee at McDonald's, reading
motivational books, weekend trips to Grand Forks,
camping at Long Bridge Resort in Detroit Lakes and
spending time with his dog, Rambo.
Roger
is survived by his wife, Shirley; two sons, Capt.
David (special friend Jude Harris) Richter of
Maplewood and Dr. Daniel J. Richter of Genova,
Italy; and a sister, Virginia (Merlyn) O'Malley of
Sartell.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and an infant
son, Robert Wayne. A00003B2001JN20
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