Age 93, of Edina and formerly of Northfield, passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 21, 2019 at Walker Methodist Care Suites in Edina. Frederick Andrew Dahl was born on April 24, 1926, in Garretson, South Dakota, to Frederick and Albernice (Bisson) Dahl. Fred was the second of five children. He attended Pipestone High School before joining the U.S. Navy in 1944. He served during World War II as a member of a combat medical team on a hospital ship in the Mariana Islands, Guam, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Tokyo. Fred received his honorable discharge in 1946. After his discharge from the U.S. Navy, Fred returned to Minnesota where he met his future wife Leona "Lee" Stratmoen. On June 19, 1948, Fred and Lee were married. Together, they raised four sons. After Fred returned to Minnesota, he earned his college degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. He was a clothing sales representative and manager with Kickernick, Munsing wear, and FormFit-Rogers before he and wife Lee opened their own business, The Dahl House, in Northfield in 1967. Fred and Lee proved to be a great team and their women's clothing retail business grew from a single store in Northfield to a regional chain with 24 stores in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Fred was actively involved in the Northfield community and generously supported many local organizations and charities. He served as a board member at Norwest Bank in Northfield, St. John's Lutheran Church, the Northfield Arts Guild, the Minnesota Retail Merchants Association, the Northfield and Minnesota Chambers of Commerce, Sons of Norway, Northfield Lions Club, and the Northfield Golf Club, and was fundraising co-chair for the new Northfield Retirement Center. Fred continued his community support after retirement, serving on the Board of Directors of his retirement community at 7500 York Cooperative in Edina. Fred was blessed to have three loving wives during his long life. After Lee's sudden death 33 years ago, Fred married Lee's twin sister Mae Matthews in 1989. Fred and Mae lived in Northfield and Balsam Lake, Wisconsin for 12 years, until Mae was tragically killed in a car accident in 2001. In 2002.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wives Lee and Mae, his sister Betty Scroggie, and his brothers Roger and Robert Dahl.