Bartlett
Sagmoen, 84
 Thief
River Falls - Bartlett "Bart" Sagmoen, 84, died
on Saturday, July 10, 2004 at Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July
14 (today), at Johnson Funeral Chapel in Thief
River Falls, with Pastor Dennis Raymond
officiating. Interment will be held at the Rindal
Cemetery in Rural Viking. Casket bearers included:
Charles Chilstrom, Ray Olson, Ray Wagner, Patrick
Klein and Kent Wagner.
Visitation
will be held one hour prior to the service at the
Johnson Funeral Home in Thief River Falls.
Bartlett
Woodrow Sagmoen was born October 26, 1919 in
Rosewood, the son of Charlie and Gerda (Johnson)
Sagmoen. He was baptized and confirmed at Rindal
Lutheran Church. He grew up in Rosewood and
attended Rosebank School. As a young man he hired
out to area farms to help with farm work and then
went to southern Minnesota to do farm work there.
He also lived in Seattle and worked in the
shipyards for a time.
Bart
served his country during World War II. While
serving in Germany, he was wounded twice and
received the Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster.
After serving his country, he worked with his
brother, Byron in their Uncle's business, Furan's
Lefse Bakery. After a few years, they left the
bakery and went into business together doing many
different types of work. They eventually formed a
partnership as Sagmoen Brothers doing interior and
exterior painting, staining, wallpapering, along
with furniture repair and refinishing which they
continued until retirement.
Bart
loved music and played the guitar and mandolin. He
also repaired guitars and violins as a hobby. He
loved working with wood, having a special talent
for carving out missing pieces of woodcarvings on
the furniture. Bart always had a funny story to
tell and was a member of the VFW in Thief River
Falls.
Survivors
include his brothers, Byron (Jane) Sagmoen of Thief
River Falls, Bordon (Edna) Sagmoen of Seattle,
Wash.; one sister, Van Della (Walter) Chilstrom of
Minneapolis; five nieces and three nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and two infant
sisters.
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