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Ray
Warne, 86
Grygla
- Ray Warne, 86, died Friday, August 17, 2001
at the CNC Unit of Northwest Medical Center in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 
11
a.m. on Thursday, August 23, at Grace Lutheran
Church in Grygla with Rev. Paul Knutson
officiating. Kim Cleven will be the organist, and
the soloist will be Lisa Verbout.
Casketbearers
will be Ray's grandsons: Gary Jones, Brian Jones,
Bruce Jones, Sherman Jones, Marlan Warne Jr., Ryan
Warne, Dean Warne, Jason Warne, Denton Warne, Chad
Warne, Gary Warne, Tracy Dunham, Wade Dunham,
Jeremy DcDonagh, Chris Warne and Nick Warne. His
granddaughters, including Pamela Jubie, Cynthia
Janish, Kelsey Warne, Jennifer Slater, Shawna
Dunham and Trisha McDonagh, will serve as honorary
casketbearers. Interment will be in Valle Cemetery
in Benville township of Beltrami county.
Visitation
will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer
service today (Wednesday, August 22) at Green
Funeral Home in Thief River Falls. Visitation will
also be held for one hour prior to services at the
church.
Raymond
Donald Warne was born on December 23, 1914 in Mount
Ayr, Ind., the son of Jesse and Mabel (Standish)
Warne. When Ray was an infant, the family moved to
the Schilling area and then to Grygla in 1916. In
1920, they moved to a farm near Gatzke and lived
there until 1929 when they returned to Indiana. In
1934, the family moved back to the Grygla
area.
On
September 25, 1938, he married Alpha Irene Rogers
in Fourtown. The couple lived and farmed in the
Grygla area for many years. Ray was baptized and
confirmed as an adult at Grace Lutheran Church.
Alpha died in 1997.
Ray
was a baseball enthusiast, playing and pitching for
the Grygla baseball team for many years. He also
enjoyed involvement in the Republican party, deer
hunting, playing the harmonica, playing horseshoes
and especially, dancing.
Survivors
include three daughters, Janice Jones of Goodridge
and Sandra (Lloyd) Dunham and Gayle (Bruce)
Rosenow, both of Roseau; five sons, Marlan (Marge)
of Strathcona, Lyle (Linda) of Groveland, Fla.,
Wayne (Sandy) of Grygla, Russell (Pauline) of
Warroad and Dale (Sherry) of Roseau; 22
grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; one sister,
Irene Tollefson of Grygla; two brothers, Allen
"Jack" Warne of Grygla and Robert Warne of
Scottsbluff, Neb.; and several nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
He
was preceded in death by his parents; wife; six
grandsons; a great-granddaughter; two brothers,
Gilbert and Delos; a sister, Alice Nordby; and a
son-in-law, Wallace Jones.
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