Douglas
Stewart, 85
 Thief
River Falls - Douglas H. Stewart, 85, died on
Saturday, May 3, 2003 at the CNC Unit of Northwest
Medical Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday,
May 7 (today) at United Methodist Church in Thief
River Falls with the Rev. Dan Horn officiating.
Jane Mattson will be the soloist. Casketbearers
will be Roger Tunberg, Milt Reierson, Ron Lindberg,
Don Larson, Jack Stewart, Bob Stewart, William
Stewart and John Arnold Stewart. Honorary
casketbearers will be Gene Beito, Earl Dagg, Roy
Lee, Lowell Swenson, Robert Wurst and the former
Stewart & Walker employees. Interment will be
in Greenwood Cemetery in Thief River
Falls.
Douglas
Hamilton Stewart was born on June 14, 1917, the son
of George F. and Pearl (McKechnie) Stewart, in
Gilby, N.D. He was baptized and confirmed in the
Presbyterian Church in Gilby. After graduating from
Gilby High School, Doug attended the University of
North Dakota, graduating in 1940 with a bachelor's
degree in civil engineering.
On August
2, 1940, he married Lillian Wools in Minneapolis.
Prior to World War II, he worked for the Great
Northern Railroad and the U.S. Soil Conservation
Service. The couple moved to California, where Doug
designed and built munitions plants with the Kaiser
Engineers during World War II. Doug and Lillian
then moved to Grand Forks, N.D., where he worked
for Lium and Burdick Engineers, designing Thief
River Falls' new water treatment plant from 1945 to
1946. He was hired as Thief River Falls City
Engineer in 1946, where he worked until 1952, when
he started his own consulting engineering firm,
D.H. Stewart and Associates, with offices in Thief
River Falls and Grand Rapids. In 1960, the name of
the firm was changed to Stewart and Walker, Inc.,
with offices in Thief River Falls and Bemidji. Doug
sold his interest in the firm to his partner and
retired in December of 1979.
Doug and
Lillian spent winters in their home in Naples,
Fla., and the balance of the year in Thief River
Falls, until Doug suffered a debilitating stroke in
February 1999. Doug enjoyed golfing, hunting and
fishing. He was a member of the Thief River Falls
Golf Club, Elks, Duck Unlimited, Delta Tau Delta
Fraternity, was president of the Minnesota Society
of Professional Engineers and director of the
National Society of Professional Engineers. In
1969, he was nominated by his employees and was
honored by the Thief River Falls Jaycees as "Boss
of the Year."
Survivors
include his wife, Lillian "Susie" Stewart of Thief
River Falls; sons, Donald (Sheron) of Thief River
Falls, John (Bonnie) of Eagan, and Scott of
Phoenix, Ariz.; five grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren;
Doug was
preceded in death by his parents; an infant sister,
Margaret; and his brother, Boyd.
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