Donald E. Lundberg, 79, of Sheridan, WY, died Friday, March 19, 2004 in the Sheridan V. A. Medical Center.
Mr. Lundberg was born June 16, 1924 in Kimberly, MN to Peter and Betsy (Sogard) Lundberg. He grew up and attended school in Kimberly and High School in Aitken. At the age of 20, he joined the USAF and became a nose gunner on B-24 Liberators for the 461st Bomb Group based out of Italy. His crew completed 35 successful missions over Italy, Austria, and Germany from August 1944 through February 1945.
He married Katherine E. Oustad from Duluth, MN on April 21st, 1945 and they farmed on the Kimberly family farm until they moved to Southern California in 1951. He worked as an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and later the Western Pacific Railroad in Quincy, CA until he retired in 1986. They traveled extensively in their motorhome after retiring. Don liked to camp, boat, and fish. They volunteered for the US Forest Service as campground hosts at Prune Creek and Sibley campgrounds in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming for 11 years.
Mr. Lundberg was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Sheridan, WY; one son, Peter Lundberg, of Oakland, CA; three daughters, Lucionne Homberg, of Laurel, Maryland, Kristin Lundberg, currently in Laos, and Tamara Lundberg Westbrook, of Carbondale, CA; one brother, Gerry Lundberg, of Aitken, MN; one sister, Lorraine Erickson, of Aitken, MN; 4 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mr. Lundberg will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Sorenson-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitken, MN. Interment with military honors will be in the Forrest Cemetery, Aitken, MN. Local arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Lundberg may be made to the Sheridan Senior Center, Ride Program, (Operation Independence), 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801
Mr. Lundberg was born June 16, 1924 in Kimberly, MN to Peter and Betsy (Sogard) Lundberg. He grew up and attended school in Kimberly and High School in Aitken. At the age of 20, he joined the USAF and became a nose gunner on B-24 Liberators for the 461st Bomb Group based out of Italy. His crew completed 35 successful missions over Italy, Austria, and Germany from August 1944 through February 1945.
He married Katherine E. Oustad from Duluth, MN on April 21st, 1945 and they farmed on the Kimberly family farm until they moved to Southern California in 1951. He worked as an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and later the Western Pacific Railroad in Quincy, CA until he retired in 1986. They traveled extensively in their motorhome after retiring. Don liked to camp, boat, and fish. They volunteered for the US Forest Service as campground hosts at Prune Creek and Sibley campgrounds in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming for 11 years.
Mr. Lundberg was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Sheridan, WY; one son, Peter Lundberg, of Oakland, CA; three daughters, Lucionne Homberg, of Laurel, Maryland, Kristin Lundberg, currently in Laos, and Tamara Lundberg Westbrook, of Carbondale, CA; one brother, Gerry Lundberg, of Aitken, MN; one sister, Lorraine Erickson, of Aitken, MN; 4 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mr. Lundberg will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Sorenson-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitken, MN. Interment with military honors will be in the Forrest Cemetery, Aitken, MN. Local arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Lundberg may be made to the Sheridan Senior Center, Ride Program, (Operation Independence), 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801
Donald E. Lundberg, 79, of Sheridan, WY, died Friday, March 19, 2004 in the Sheridan V. A. Medical Center.
Mr. Lundberg was born June 16, 1924 in Kimberly, MN to Peter and Betsy (Sogard) Lundberg. He grew up and attended school in Kimberly and High School in Aitken. At the age of 20, he joined the USAF and became a nose gunner on B-24 Liberators for the 461st Bomb Group based out of Italy. His crew completed 35 successful missions over Italy, Austria, and Germany from August 1944 through February 1945.
He married Katherine E. Oustad from Duluth, MN on April 21st, 1945 and they farmed on the Kimberly family farm until they moved to Southern California in 1951. He worked as an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and later the Western Pacific Railroad in Quincy, CA until he retired in 1986. They traveled extensively in their motorhome after retiring. Don liked to camp, boat, and fish. They volunteered for the US Forest Service as campground hosts at Prune Creek and Sibley campgrounds in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming for 11 years.
Mr. Lundberg was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Sheridan, WY; one son, Peter Lundberg, of Oakland, CA; three daughters, Lucionne Homberg, of Laurel, Maryland, Kristin Lundberg, currently in Laos, and Tamara Lundberg Westbrook, of Carbondale, CA; one brother, Gerry Lundberg, of Aitken, MN; one sister, Lorraine Erickson, of Aitken, MN; 4 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mr. Lundberg will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Sorenson-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitken, MN. Interment with military honors will be in the Forrest Cemetery, Aitken, MN. Local arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Lundberg may be made to the Sheridan Senior Center, Ride Program, (Operation Independence), 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801
Mr. Lundberg was born June 16, 1924 in Kimberly, MN to Peter and Betsy (Sogard) Lundberg. He grew up and attended school in Kimberly and High School in Aitken. At the age of 20, he joined the USAF and became a nose gunner on B-24 Liberators for the 461st Bomb Group based out of Italy. His crew completed 35 successful missions over Italy, Austria, and Germany from August 1944 through February 1945.
He married Katherine E. Oustad from Duluth, MN on April 21st, 1945 and they farmed on the Kimberly family farm until they moved to Southern California in 1951. He worked as an engineer for the Santa Fe Railroad and later the Western Pacific Railroad in Quincy, CA until he retired in 1986. They traveled extensively in their motorhome after retiring. Don liked to camp, boat, and fish. They volunteered for the US Forest Service as campground hosts at Prune Creek and Sibley campgrounds in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming for 11 years.
Mr. Lundberg was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother.
He is survived by his wife, Katherine, of Sheridan, WY; one son, Peter Lundberg, of Oakland, CA; three daughters, Lucionne Homberg, of Laurel, Maryland, Kristin Lundberg, currently in Laos, and Tamara Lundberg Westbrook, of Carbondale, CA; one brother, Gerry Lundberg, of Aitken, MN; one sister, Lorraine Erickson, of Aitken, MN; 4 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services for Mr. Lundberg will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 27, 2004 at Sorenson-Root-Thompson Funeral Home in Aitken, MN. Interment with military honors will be in the Forrest Cemetery, Aitken, MN. Local arrangements are with Champion Ferries Funeral Home.
Memorials in memory of Mr. Lundberg may be made to the Sheridan Senior Center, Ride Program, (Operation Independence), 211 Smith St., Sheridan, WY 82801
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