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Roy
Vagle, 88
Karlstad
- Roy A. Vagle, 88, died Friday, January 25,
2002 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. Funeral
services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 28,
at 
Heritage
Christian School in Karlstad with Rev. Bryan
Rengstorf and Rev. Bob Ludwig officiating.
Vocalists included Robert Thompson, Dean Johnson
and Kurt Aakre, Roy's boys and his grandchildren.
Casketbearers were his grandchildren, Jana,
Jonathan, Angela, Laura, Daniel, Michael, Brendon
and Justin, and friend, Palmer Hallberg. Interment
was in Karlstad Cemetery with Collins Funeral Home
of Karlstad in charge of the
arrangements.
Roy
A. Vagle was born on March 8, 1913 in Cannon
Township of Kittson County near Lake Bronson, the
son of Ole and Inga (Nelson) Vagle. He grew up and
attended school near Lake Bronson.
On
November 18, 1939, he was united in marriage to
Irene Johnson at the Karlstad Pentecostal Church.
The couple lived and farmed in Springbrook Township
until 1977 when they moved into Karlstad. Irene
died on January 4, 1985.
On
December 31, 1988, Roy married Myrtle Sands at the
Karlstad Assembly of God Church. The couple has
resided in Karlstad.
Roy
was a life-long member of the Karlstad Assembly of
God Church, serving as deacon for 39 years and
active in a variety of church affairs. He was also
a charter member of the Gideons, Kittson County
Camp. He delivered Meals on Wheels from 1993 to
2001 and was active in the Karlstad Senior Citizens
group. In 1998, he was named Kittson County Senior
Citizen of the Year.
Survivors
include his wife, Myrtle; four sons, Royle (Marie)
of Tulsa, Okla., Neil (ReNae) of Roseau, Mark
(Patti) of Burnsville and Tim (Dawn) of Hillsdale,
Mich.; a stepson, Sonny (Janet) Sands of Kalispell,
Mont.; eight grandchildren; a great-grandson; two
brothers, John of Great Falls, Mont. and Lloyd
(Alice) of Big Lake; a sister, Pearl (Peter)
Thompson of Strandquist; and many nieces, nephews
and other relatives.
Roy
was preceded in death by his parents; his first
wife; a stepdaughter, Kristina; and his siblings,
Clifford, Arthur, Olga, Edith and four in infancy.
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