Leonard
Westlund, 102
Cambridge
- Leonard Westlund, 102, formerly of Roseau
County, died on Saturday, March 15, 2003 in
Cambridge.
Funeral
services were held on Wednesday, March 19 at
Grandview Christian Home with the Rev. Paul
Reynolds officiating. Music was provided by RuthAnn
Telander and Nancy Peabody. Casketbearers were
David Westlund, Brian Westlund, Nathan Westlund,
Peter Carlson, Casey Johnson and Gary Rosch.
Interment was in Lakewood Cemtery in
Minneapolis.
Leonard
Andrew Westlund was born on December 26, 1900, the
son of Lewis and Molly (Anderson) Westlund, in
Roseau County. He attended country school and
graduated from the eighth grade. As a young boy, he
worked in the harvest fields in and around
Strathcona. When he was 20, he left for the big
city, and attended Dunwoody, where he learned the
electrician trade. He served our country with the
United States Navy during World War II and returned
to begin a partnership in the neon sign business in
St. Paul. Leonard owned a five-acre hobby farm in
Minneapolis, where he raised many vegetables,
berries and flowers, which he shared with friends
and family.
On
October 5, 1957, he married Ione Overland. In 1989,
after their retirement, they moved to Mill Ridge
Commons, where they spent several years together,
until Ione's death in 1996.
At the
age of 102, Leonard was still active. He was very
involved at the Isanti Senior Center and made
weekly trips there to play cards with his friends.
He also attended the monthly potlucks to visit and
enjoy the delicacies of several of the Scandinavian
cooks in Isanti County.
Survivors
include his brother, Victor; and many nieces,
nephews, other relatives and friends.
Leonard
was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Edna
Kotschevar, Ruth Stone, Anna Hektner, Ella
Sommerfeld, Helen Granville; step-sister, Alice
Nenow; step-brothers, Roy Lund and Evertt Lund; and
his wife, Ione.
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