Casey was born to John and Leona Inez (Bridge) on Llillehaug, in Adams County, Township of South Fork, North Dakota on a homestead near the Cedar Creek.
He went to school for the first five years at Cedar Butte and sixth through eighth at South Fork. T
While growing up in the dust bowl of the thirties made school secondary compared to working so Arlendo did many jobs on farms and ranches.
Casey, met Lotus Ellingson, they were married on June 7, 1948. They moved to Lead, SD in 1949 where he worked underground at the Homestake Mine. This is where he earned his nickname “Casey Jones” driving the locomotive!
In 1954, they moved to Savoy in Spearfish Canyon and worked for Homestake Hydro Electric, where Casey maintained the hydro dams and pipelines, producing electricity for Homestake Mine Sawmill he retired in 1989
Casey loved to build, weld, fix, repair invent and tinker with projects.
Casey is survived by four children, ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren with two more soon,a brother.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lotus; parents, John and Leona; brothers, Donald, Rollo and Clayton and sister, Rosella Fossen.
Arrangements are under the care of Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel.
He went to school for the first five years at Cedar Butte and sixth through eighth at South Fork. T
While growing up in the dust bowl of the thirties made school secondary compared to working so Arlendo did many jobs on farms and ranches.
Casey, met Lotus Ellingson, they were married on June 7, 1948. They moved to Lead, SD in 1949 where he worked underground at the Homestake Mine. This is where he earned his nickname “Casey Jones” driving the locomotive!
In 1954, they moved to Savoy in Spearfish Canyon and worked for Homestake Hydro Electric, where Casey maintained the hydro dams and pipelines, producing electricity for Homestake Mine Sawmill he retired in 1989
Casey loved to build, weld, fix, repair invent and tinker with projects.
Casey is survived by four children, ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren with two more soon,a brother.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lotus; parents, John and Leona; brothers, Donald, Rollo and Clayton and sister, Rosella Fossen.
Arrangements are under the care of Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel.
Casey was born to John and Leona Inez (Bridge) on Llillehaug, in Adams County, Township of South Fork, North Dakota on a homestead near the Cedar Creek.
He went to school for the first five years at Cedar Butte and sixth through eighth at South Fork. T
While growing up in the dust bowl of the thirties made school secondary compared to working so Arlendo did many jobs on farms and ranches.
Casey, met Lotus Ellingson, they were married on June 7, 1948. They moved to Lead, SD in 1949 where he worked underground at the Homestake Mine. This is where he earned his nickname “Casey Jones” driving the locomotive!
In 1954, they moved to Savoy in Spearfish Canyon and worked for Homestake Hydro Electric, where Casey maintained the hydro dams and pipelines, producing electricity for Homestake Mine Sawmill he retired in 1989
Casey loved to build, weld, fix, repair invent and tinker with projects.
Casey is survived by four children, ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren with two more soon,a brother.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lotus; parents, John and Leona; brothers, Donald, Rollo and Clayton and sister, Rosella Fossen.
Arrangements are under the care of Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel.
He went to school for the first five years at Cedar Butte and sixth through eighth at South Fork. T
While growing up in the dust bowl of the thirties made school secondary compared to working so Arlendo did many jobs on farms and ranches.
Casey, met Lotus Ellingson, they were married on June 7, 1948. They moved to Lead, SD in 1949 where he worked underground at the Homestake Mine. This is where he earned his nickname “Casey Jones” driving the locomotive!
In 1954, they moved to Savoy in Spearfish Canyon and worked for Homestake Hydro Electric, where Casey maintained the hydro dams and pipelines, producing electricity for Homestake Mine Sawmill he retired in 1989
Casey loved to build, weld, fix, repair invent and tinker with projects.
Casey is survived by four children, ten grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren with two more soon,a brother.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lotus; parents, John and Leona; brothers, Donald, Rollo and Clayton and sister, Rosella Fossen.
Arrangements are under the care of Lead-Deadwood Memorial Chapel.
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