Leland
Roi, 74
Red
Lake Falls - Leland B. Roi, 74, died Friday,
April 6, 2001 at Riverview Hospital in
Crookston.
Mass
of Christian burial will be held at 2 p.m. today
(Wednesday, 
April
11) at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Red Lake
Falls with Father Tim Bushy officiating. Polly
Beyer will be the organist, and special music will
be provided by St. Joseph's Church Choir. Garrett
Schmidt and Aulaire Schmidt will be the readers.
Casketbearers will be Daniel Swendra, Christopher
Swendra, Nick Swendra, Ronnie Beauchane, Rick
Beauchane and Jim Benoit. Interment will be in St.
Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Red Lake
Falls.
Visitation
was held Tuesday, April 10, from 4 to 8 p.m. with a
7 p.m. prayer service at Johnson Funeral Service in
Red Lake Falls. Visitation will also be held for
one hour prior to services at the
church.
Leland
Roi was born on September 30, 1926 in St. Paul, the
son of William and Rose (Beauchane) Roi. He grew up
in Red Lake Falls, attended rural school and
graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture
in Crookston in 1944. Leland farmed in the Red Lake
Falls area, retiring in 1980.
On
October 7, 1978, he was united in marriage to
Dorothy Swendra at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in
Red Lake Falls.
Leland
was a member of Knights of Columbus and attended
St. Dorothy's Catholic Church in Dorothy until 1978
when he began attending St. Joseph's Catholic
Church in Red Lake Falls.
He
enjoyed gardening, visiting with buddies, tinkering
around the farm, fishing and spending time at his
lake cabin at Waskish.
Leland
is survived by his wife, Dorothy of Red Lake Falls;
two daughters, Kathleen Schmidt of Minneapolis and
Sharon Wold of Thief River Falls; two sons, Mike
(Marlys) Swendra and Rick (Shelly) Swendra, both of
Red Lake Falls; nine grandchildren; and a godson,
Jim Benoit of Red Lake Falls.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and a sister,
Myrtle Cassavant. A00003B2000AP11
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