Robert
Sundberg, 91
Grygla
- Robert Sundberg, 91, died on Sunday, May 4,
2003 at his home in rural Grygla.
Funeral
services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 8
at the Johnson-Green Funeral Home in Thief River
Falls with the Rev. Robert Dahlen officiating.
Visitation will be held for one hour prior to
services on Thursday.
Robert
Debs Sundberg was born on February 9, 1912, the son
of Eric Lars and Angeline (Anderson) Sundberg, in
Spruce Grove Township of Beltrami County. He grew
up and attended Spruce Grove School and attended
Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis.
On July
17, 1943, he married Maxine Porter in Grygla. He
was employed as manager of Fourtown Creamery and
was a bus driver for the Grygla School for 22
years. He also was a beef and dairy farmer. Robert
and Maxine were married for 59 years. He served on
numerous boards including, Grygla Co-op Creamery,
Grygla Farmers Union Oil Co., Roseau Electric
Co-op, Beltrami County Nursing Board and the Spruce
Grove Township Board. Robert was an avid Minnesota
sports team fan, especially for the Twins. He
enjoyed outdoor gardening, bird watching, deer
hunting and playing horseshoes. He was active in
the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. Time
with his family was very special to him. He played
the accordion and shared stories of early family
history.
Survivors
include his wife, Maxine of Grygla; children,
Roberta (Jim) Lian Schaefer of Reynolds, N.D.,
Glenn (Bette) of Grand Forks, N.D., and Lee
(Kandyce) of Grygla; nine grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren; brother, Karl (Mabel) of
Grygla; a sister-in-law, Esther Sundberg of Grygla;
and a brother-in-law, Archie (Carolyn) Porter of
Wanatchee, Wash.
Robert
was preceded in death by his parents; brothers,
Roland and Clayton; and sisters, Evelyn Wogensen,
Lonia Wold, Lydia Phillips and Florence
Sundberg.
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