A memorial service for Lloyd H. Swenson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Country Manor Health Care Center in Sartell, Minn.
Mr. Swenson, 93, formerly of Minneapolis and Wahkon, Minn., Mission, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, died Dec. 27, 2008, at Country Manor Health Care Center.
He was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Spring Valley. He married Gladys Hazelton on Oct. 5, 1937, in Spring Valley. During World War II, he worked for a private contractor at a military base in Baffin Island. He was an over-the-road trucker until becoming involved in the automobile business in the Twin Cities, as a salesman, manager, and then president of a Porsche-Audi dealership in Minneapolis.
In the early 1970s, he realized his dream of owning a dealership when he bought a Volkswagen business in Ames, Iowa. He also owned Honda of Ames, from which he retired near age 80. He was a respected member of the Twin Cities and Ames automobile communities. He was a member of the Zuhrah Shrine in Minneapolis and was a lifelong supporter of the Shriners Children's Hospital as a Circus Daddy.
He is survived by a daughter, Judie Dupre of St. Cloud, Minn.; two grandsons, Beau (Jill Marie) Dupre of Wahkon, Minn., and Dustin (Jill Kathleen) Dupre of Cottage Grove, Minn.; and three great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn Dupre of South St. Paul, and twins Abby and Rylee Dupre of Cottage Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents, Eddie and Mary (Hatlestad) Swenson; three brothers and four sisters.
Memorials are preferred to Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud or to the Shriners Children's Hospital.
There will be a memorial service in Spring Valley later this spring.
Mr. Swenson, 93, formerly of Minneapolis and Wahkon, Minn., Mission, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, died Dec. 27, 2008, at Country Manor Health Care Center.
He was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Spring Valley. He married Gladys Hazelton on Oct. 5, 1937, in Spring Valley. During World War II, he worked for a private contractor at a military base in Baffin Island. He was an over-the-road trucker until becoming involved in the automobile business in the Twin Cities, as a salesman, manager, and then president of a Porsche-Audi dealership in Minneapolis.
In the early 1970s, he realized his dream of owning a dealership when he bought a Volkswagen business in Ames, Iowa. He also owned Honda of Ames, from which he retired near age 80. He was a respected member of the Twin Cities and Ames automobile communities. He was a member of the Zuhrah Shrine in Minneapolis and was a lifelong supporter of the Shriners Children's Hospital as a Circus Daddy.
He is survived by a daughter, Judie Dupre of St. Cloud, Minn.; two grandsons, Beau (Jill Marie) Dupre of Wahkon, Minn., and Dustin (Jill Kathleen) Dupre of Cottage Grove, Minn.; and three great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn Dupre of South St. Paul, and twins Abby and Rylee Dupre of Cottage Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents, Eddie and Mary (Hatlestad) Swenson; three brothers and four sisters.
Memorials are preferred to Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud or to the Shriners Children's Hospital.
There will be a memorial service in Spring Valley later this spring.
A memorial service for Lloyd H. Swenson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Country Manor Health Care Center in Sartell, Minn.
Mr. Swenson, 93, formerly of Minneapolis and Wahkon, Minn., Mission, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, died Dec. 27, 2008, at Country Manor Health Care Center.
He was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Spring Valley. He married Gladys Hazelton on Oct. 5, 1937, in Spring Valley. During World War II, he worked for a private contractor at a military base in Baffin Island. He was an over-the-road trucker until becoming involved in the automobile business in the Twin Cities, as a salesman, manager, and then president of a Porsche-Audi dealership in Minneapolis.
In the early 1970s, he realized his dream of owning a dealership when he bought a Volkswagen business in Ames, Iowa. He also owned Honda of Ames, from which he retired near age 80. He was a respected member of the Twin Cities and Ames automobile communities. He was a member of the Zuhrah Shrine in Minneapolis and was a lifelong supporter of the Shriners Children's Hospital as a Circus Daddy.
He is survived by a daughter, Judie Dupre of St. Cloud, Minn.; two grandsons, Beau (Jill Marie) Dupre of Wahkon, Minn., and Dustin (Jill Kathleen) Dupre of Cottage Grove, Minn.; and three great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn Dupre of South St. Paul, and twins Abby and Rylee Dupre of Cottage Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents, Eddie and Mary (Hatlestad) Swenson; three brothers and four sisters.
Memorials are preferred to Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud or to the Shriners Children's Hospital.
There will be a memorial service in Spring Valley later this spring.
Mr. Swenson, 93, formerly of Minneapolis and Wahkon, Minn., Mission, Texas, and Ames, Iowa, died Dec. 27, 2008, at Country Manor Health Care Center.
He was born Sept. 13, 1915, in Spring Valley. He married Gladys Hazelton on Oct. 5, 1937, in Spring Valley. During World War II, he worked for a private contractor at a military base in Baffin Island. He was an over-the-road trucker until becoming involved in the automobile business in the Twin Cities, as a salesman, manager, and then president of a Porsche-Audi dealership in Minneapolis.
In the early 1970s, he realized his dream of owning a dealership when he bought a Volkswagen business in Ames, Iowa. He also owned Honda of Ames, from which he retired near age 80. He was a respected member of the Twin Cities and Ames automobile communities. He was a member of the Zuhrah Shrine in Minneapolis and was a lifelong supporter of the Shriners Children's Hospital as a Circus Daddy.
He is survived by a daughter, Judie Dupre of St. Cloud, Minn.; two grandsons, Beau (Jill Marie) Dupre of Wahkon, Minn., and Dustin (Jill Kathleen) Dupre of Cottage Grove, Minn.; and three great-granddaughters, Kaitlyn Dupre of South St. Paul, and twins Abby and Rylee Dupre of Cottage Grove. He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents, Eddie and Mary (Hatlestad) Swenson; three brothers and four sisters.
Memorials are preferred to Tri-County Humane Society in St. Cloud or to the Shriners Children's Hospital.
There will be a memorial service in Spring Valley later this spring.
