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Leonard
Skaar, 72
Thief
River Falls - Leonard Skaar, 72, died
Wednesday, March 13, 2002 at his rural Thief River
Falls home.
Funeral
services were held 
Saturday,
March 16, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in
Thief River Falls with Rev. Tim Bauer officiating.
Ida Nordvall was the organist, and the soloist was
Van Swanson. Casketbearers were Jerry Nelson, Don
Barron, Ed Sisler, Al Gustafson, Bryan Malone,
Daniel R. Johnson, Francis Anderson, and Corey
Skjerven. Military honors were accorded by Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 2793 and Ecklund-Holmstrom
American Legion Post 117 Color Guard. Interment was
in Park Ridge Cemetery in Thief River Falls with
Green Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Leonard
Duane Skaar was born on September 5, 1929 in Norden
Township of Pennington County, the son of Ole
Andrew and Olga Pauline (Nelson) Skaar. He was
baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church
in Thief River Falls. He attended a rural school
and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1947.
From October 22, 1953 to October 21, 1955, Leonard
served in the U.S. Army. After being discharged
from the military, Leonard spent the remainder of
his life farming.
He
was a member of the Thief River Falls American
Legion Post and enjoyed curling, raising cattle,
and visiting with friends on the family farm.
Leonard
is survived by four sisters, Oline Markine of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Elsie Fairbank of
Tucson, Ariz., Faythe Kinnunen of Menagha, and
Martha Parsons of Yelm, Wash.; two brothers, Andrew
of Thief River Falls and Erven Skaar of Cambridge;
and numerous nieces and nephews.
He
was preceded in death by his parents and a sister,
Thelma Terrian.
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