Services for Reinhold Dahlgren, 89, 803 Sunset Drive, are set for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, at the chapel of the Glende-Johnson-Nelson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Dahlgren died Sunday, Nov. 21, at Lake Region Hospital.
The youngest of three children of John and Wendala (Sansten) Dahlgren, both Swedish immigrants, he was born March 26,1893, at Fergus Falls. The family returned to Sweden to reside with his maternal grandparents and he attended early elementary school there, later moving back to Fergus Falls and graduating from high school here. He attended the University of Minnesota before serving in World War I as a motorcycle courier in France. He was a graduate of Stout University, majoring in industrial arts with emphasis in metal work.
After the war and teaching for a short time at Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, he and Borghild Eng of Menominee, Wis., were married in 1924. They were the parents of a daughter. For 43 years the couple lived in Detroit, where he was an instructor in metal work and department head at Pushing High School. After his retirement he and his wife returned to Fergus Falls and renovated the family home at 803 Summit Drive. His home is registered as a Historic Site. His wife died Dec. 13,1975.
He was an avid gardener and was a member of the World War I Barracks.
There are no immediate survivors.
Visitation at the funeral home is all day Tuesday and Wednesday until the time of service.
Mr. Dahlgren died Sunday, Nov. 21, at Lake Region Hospital.
The youngest of three children of John and Wendala (Sansten) Dahlgren, both Swedish immigrants, he was born March 26,1893, at Fergus Falls. The family returned to Sweden to reside with his maternal grandparents and he attended early elementary school there, later moving back to Fergus Falls and graduating from high school here. He attended the University of Minnesota before serving in World War I as a motorcycle courier in France. He was a graduate of Stout University, majoring in industrial arts with emphasis in metal work.
After the war and teaching for a short time at Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, he and Borghild Eng of Menominee, Wis., were married in 1924. They were the parents of a daughter. For 43 years the couple lived in Detroit, where he was an instructor in metal work and department head at Pushing High School. After his retirement he and his wife returned to Fergus Falls and renovated the family home at 803 Summit Drive. His home is registered as a Historic Site. His wife died Dec. 13,1975.
He was an avid gardener and was a member of the World War I Barracks.
There are no immediate survivors.
Visitation at the funeral home is all day Tuesday and Wednesday until the time of service.
Services for Reinhold Dahlgren, 89, 803 Sunset Drive, are set for 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, at the chapel of the Glende-Johnson-Nelson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Dahlgren died Sunday, Nov. 21, at Lake Region Hospital.
The youngest of three children of John and Wendala (Sansten) Dahlgren, both Swedish immigrants, he was born March 26,1893, at Fergus Falls. The family returned to Sweden to reside with his maternal grandparents and he attended early elementary school there, later moving back to Fergus Falls and graduating from high school here. He attended the University of Minnesota before serving in World War I as a motorcycle courier in France. He was a graduate of Stout University, majoring in industrial arts with emphasis in metal work.
After the war and teaching for a short time at Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, he and Borghild Eng of Menominee, Wis., were married in 1924. They were the parents of a daughter. For 43 years the couple lived in Detroit, where he was an instructor in metal work and department head at Pushing High School. After his retirement he and his wife returned to Fergus Falls and renovated the family home at 803 Summit Drive. His home is registered as a Historic Site. His wife died Dec. 13,1975.
He was an avid gardener and was a member of the World War I Barracks.
There are no immediate survivors.
Visitation at the funeral home is all day Tuesday and Wednesday until the time of service.
Mr. Dahlgren died Sunday, Nov. 21, at Lake Region Hospital.
The youngest of three children of John and Wendala (Sansten) Dahlgren, both Swedish immigrants, he was born March 26,1893, at Fergus Falls. The family returned to Sweden to reside with his maternal grandparents and he attended early elementary school there, later moving back to Fergus Falls and graduating from high school here. He attended the University of Minnesota before serving in World War I as a motorcycle courier in France. He was a graduate of Stout University, majoring in industrial arts with emphasis in metal work.
After the war and teaching for a short time at Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, he and Borghild Eng of Menominee, Wis., were married in 1924. They were the parents of a daughter. For 43 years the couple lived in Detroit, where he was an instructor in metal work and department head at Pushing High School. After his retirement he and his wife returned to Fergus Falls and renovated the family home at 803 Summit Drive. His home is registered as a Historic Site. His wife died Dec. 13,1975.
He was an avid gardener and was a member of the World War I Barracks.
There are no immediate survivors.
Visitation at the funeral home is all day Tuesday and Wednesday until the time of service.
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