Chester Tandberg, 80, died on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver, CO.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls with Reverend John Jorgensen officiating. Ida Nordvall was the organist, and Julie Tandberg and Lynn Larsen presented a duet. Special music was also provided by violinist Rachael Lassy. Mark Tandberg was the eulogist. Burial was in Westaker Cemetery in Newfolden township in Marshall county.
Chester "Chuck" Tandberg was born on July 31, 1918 on his father's farm near Newfolden, the son of Rolf and Petra (Green) Tandberg. He was confirmed on July 24, 1932. As they grew up, Chuck and his brother, Pete, did much of the farming. Chuck attended high school at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston.
On September 27, 1941 he was united in marriage to Edna Finnestad at Glendale, CA. Chuck and Edna were both employed at the Lockhead Aircraft plant before he entered the Army Air Corps where he became a flight engineer.
After the war, the couple lived in the Karlstad, Newfolden and Iron Range areas before settling in Grand Forks, ND where he was a construction superintendent for Eickhof Construction of Crookston. Chuck constructed numerous buildings in and around Grand Forks, the University of North Dakota and the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
The Tandbergs were avid antique collectors and operated an antique shop out of their home.
Chuck is survived by one daughter, Bette Jeanne (Lynn) Larsen of Woodbridge, VA; one son, Mark (Julie) Tandberg of Littleton, CO; one sister, Shirley Ann Woodward of California; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Alice, Erna and Luella; and two brothers, Kenneth and Peter.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls with Reverend John Jorgensen officiating. Ida Nordvall was the organist, and Julie Tandberg and Lynn Larsen presented a duet. Special music was also provided by violinist Rachael Lassy. Mark Tandberg was the eulogist. Burial was in Westaker Cemetery in Newfolden township in Marshall county.
Chester "Chuck" Tandberg was born on July 31, 1918 on his father's farm near Newfolden, the son of Rolf and Petra (Green) Tandberg. He was confirmed on July 24, 1932. As they grew up, Chuck and his brother, Pete, did much of the farming. Chuck attended high school at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston.
On September 27, 1941 he was united in marriage to Edna Finnestad at Glendale, CA. Chuck and Edna were both employed at the Lockhead Aircraft plant before he entered the Army Air Corps where he became a flight engineer.
After the war, the couple lived in the Karlstad, Newfolden and Iron Range areas before settling in Grand Forks, ND where he was a construction superintendent for Eickhof Construction of Crookston. Chuck constructed numerous buildings in and around Grand Forks, the University of North Dakota and the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
The Tandbergs were avid antique collectors and operated an antique shop out of their home.
Chuck is survived by one daughter, Bette Jeanne (Lynn) Larsen of Woodbridge, VA; one son, Mark (Julie) Tandberg of Littleton, CO; one sister, Shirley Ann Woodward of California; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Alice, Erna and Luella; and two brothers, Kenneth and Peter.
Chester Tandberg, 80, died on Wednesday, June 30, 1999 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Denver, CO.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls with Reverend John Jorgensen officiating. Ida Nordvall was the organist, and Julie Tandberg and Lynn Larsen presented a duet. Special music was also provided by violinist Rachael Lassy. Mark Tandberg was the eulogist. Burial was in Westaker Cemetery in Newfolden township in Marshall county.
Chester "Chuck" Tandberg was born on July 31, 1918 on his father's farm near Newfolden, the son of Rolf and Petra (Green) Tandberg. He was confirmed on July 24, 1932. As they grew up, Chuck and his brother, Pete, did much of the farming. Chuck attended high school at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston.
On September 27, 1941 he was united in marriage to Edna Finnestad at Glendale, CA. Chuck and Edna were both employed at the Lockhead Aircraft plant before he entered the Army Air Corps where he became a flight engineer.
After the war, the couple lived in the Karlstad, Newfolden and Iron Range areas before settling in Grand Forks, ND where he was a construction superintendent for Eickhof Construction of Crookston. Chuck constructed numerous buildings in and around Grand Forks, the University of North Dakota and the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
The Tandbergs were avid antique collectors and operated an antique shop out of their home.
Chuck is survived by one daughter, Bette Jeanne (Lynn) Larsen of Woodbridge, VA; one son, Mark (Julie) Tandberg of Littleton, CO; one sister, Shirley Ann Woodward of California; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Alice, Erna and Luella; and two brothers, Kenneth and Peter.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6 at Green Funeral Home in Thief River Falls with Reverend John Jorgensen officiating. Ida Nordvall was the organist, and Julie Tandberg and Lynn Larsen presented a duet. Special music was also provided by violinist Rachael Lassy. Mark Tandberg was the eulogist. Burial was in Westaker Cemetery in Newfolden township in Marshall county.
Chester "Chuck" Tandberg was born on July 31, 1918 on his father's farm near Newfolden, the son of Rolf and Petra (Green) Tandberg. He was confirmed on July 24, 1932. As they grew up, Chuck and his brother, Pete, did much of the farming. Chuck attended high school at the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston.
On September 27, 1941 he was united in marriage to Edna Finnestad at Glendale, CA. Chuck and Edna were both employed at the Lockhead Aircraft plant before he entered the Army Air Corps where he became a flight engineer.
After the war, the couple lived in the Karlstad, Newfolden and Iron Range areas before settling in Grand Forks, ND where he was a construction superintendent for Eickhof Construction of Crookston. Chuck constructed numerous buildings in and around Grand Forks, the University of North Dakota and the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
The Tandbergs were avid antique collectors and operated an antique shop out of their home.
Chuck is survived by one daughter, Bette Jeanne (Lynn) Larsen of Woodbridge, VA; one son, Mark (Julie) Tandberg of Littleton, CO; one sister, Shirley Ann Woodward of California; and nine grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three sisters, Alice, Erna and Luella; and two brothers, Kenneth and Peter.
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