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PERHAM ENTERPRISE BULLETIN
PERHAM, MINNESOTA
SEPTEMBER 2000
OBITUARY: JAMES JOHN AAMODT
James John Aamodt, 65, died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at his residence at
150 Mt. View Dr., Swanton, VT 05488.
Jim
was born in Fargo, N.D. April 7, 1935, the son of Percy and Cecilia (Grommesh)
Aamodt. He graduated from Barnesville High School in Barnesville, Minn. and also
from North Dakota State University. On Aug. 8, 1959, he married the former
Twylah M. Franklin who survives him.
For
thirty years Jim was associated with the United States Department of Justice,
retiring in 1990 as a Special Agent for the U.S. Border Patrol. On Sept. 4,
1990, he became associated with the United States Marshall Service and was
assigned as a court security officer at the Federal Building in Burlington. Due
to his illness he retired in June of this year. He served his country during the
Korean Conflict in the United States Army and was an active member of the
American Legion, Green Mountain Post One in St. Albans and served as the
Legion�s financial officer for several years. He was a devoted member of the
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and served as a
commissioner and sexton of St. Mary�s Cemetery for ten years. He was also a
member of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Barnesville, Minnesota Council.
In addition to his wife Twylah of
forty-one years, Jim leaves his mother, Mrs. Cecilia Aamodt of Barnesville,
Minn.; a son, Michael Aamodt of North Hero; three daughters: Loree Garceau and
her husband Randy Reed of Sheldon and Kristie Aamodt of Bakersfield; four
grandchildren: Tammy, Kelsey, Britney and Missy, all of St. Albans; and a very
special family friend, Mary Beaulieu of Swanton.
He
was predeceased by a daughter, Tammy Rae Aamodt on March 7, 1987. A Mass of
Christian Burial was celebrated Aug. 30, 2000, at The Church of the Nativity of
the Blessed Virgin Mary. Interment followed with full Military Honors in the
Aamodt family lot in St. Mary�s Cemetery.
A
memorial service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 14 at 5 p.m. in Barnesville,
Minn. at the Assumption Catholic Church.
Gifts in
Jim�s memory may be made to Missisquoi Valley Rescue, PO Box 22, Swanton, VT
05488, or to the American Cancer Society, Vermont Division, 150 Kennedy Dr.,
South Burlington, VT 05403.