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Arvidson Family |
PERHAM ENTERPRISE BULLETIN
PERHAM, OTTER TAIL COUNTY, MINNESOTA
November 2000
OBITURARY: ROBERT ARVIDSON
Robert
�Bob� Arvidson, age 75, of Vergas, Minn., died on Monday, November 6, 2000
at his home in Vergas. Funeral services will be on Friday, November 10, 2000 at
2:00 p.m. at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church, Loon Lake, near Vergas. The Reverend
Michael Wolters will officiate. Burial will follow in the Vergas Village
Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church near Vergas on Thursday, November 9,
2000 from 4 to 8 p.m. with a prayer service at 4 p.m., also one hour prior to
the funeral service at the church.
Robert Elsworth
Arvidson was born on April 11, 1925, the son of Gilbert and Sarah (Johnson)
Arvidson, in Turtle Lake, N.D. He was baptized in the Christian faith as an
infant and confirmed on December 16, 1948 at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church in
Vergas, Minn. Bob lived and attended school at Turtle Lake, N.D. until he was
eleven years old. He then moved to Vergas and attended school in Frazee, Minn.
On September 19, 1948, Bob married Alice Poss at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church,
Loon Lake, near Vergas. They farmed together near Lake Lida.
Bob was active on church boards, coop boards and country school boards. He was
also a 4-H leader. Bob was a dairy farmer for most of his life, also selling
cars for Roger Nelson in Frazee for eight years and then for Art Christenson in
Pelican Rapids, Minn.. His hobbies included raising ponies and restoring Model A
Fords, both of which he enjoyed putting in parades.
Surviving Bob is
his wife, Alice of Vergas, Minn.; two sons, Charles (Annette) and Douglas, both
of Vergas, Minn.; one daughter, Annette (Steve) Gorentz of Dent, Minn.; three
granddaughters, Sarah, Carrie and Renae Arvidson of Vergas, Minn.; four
grandsons, Jonathan, Joel, Nathan and Andrew Gorentz of Dent, Minn. and
mother-in-law, Erna Poss of Vergas, Minn.
Preceding Bob in death are his parents; one brother, Irvine and one sister,
Marjorie Eberely.
Furey Funeral Home, Frazee, Minn., is in charge of arrangements.