On the morning of May 31, 2005, Einar Oswald Dahl quietly left this earthly plane. He had been suffering from a variety of ailments caused by a lung tumor that was recently detected. Einar lived for 84 extraordinary years. Einar's parents, Olef Dahl and Oline Lund, were both Norwegian immigrants. Ironically they met and fell in love with each other in the United States. They moved to Wibaux, where Einar was born on July 22, 1920. However, he and his brother, Martin, and sister, Olga, were raised in a tiny northern Minnesota town called Mizpah.
Einar, otherwise known as "Spud," lived through the trying years of the Great Depression. To survive, they essentially had to live off the land. He once said that for a number of years after the Depression, wildlife sightings were slim to none.
In his early 20s, Einar was faced with a difficult decision: college or the military? He weighed his options and chose to enlist in the Army to help fight in World War II. In 1944, Einar was shipped to England in a modern-day "speedboat." It only took eight days to cross the Atlantic Ocean! There he served as a corporal in an ammunition unit. He taught his men the intricacies of the various munitions, and he fought right alongside his pupils.
Einar returned stateside after one year and eight months of service in Europe. He returned home to Minnesota to give his folks most of his earnings, then he went job hunting. He hopped into a Model A pick-up with $3 in his pocket and a head full of dreams. He ended up in Idaho where he joined a logging company. After a while he moved closer to home and started ranching with his uncle Halvor in Wibaux. One evening he was invited to a basket social at a local country school. Unbeknownst to him, he was about to be swept away. That night Einar met his beautiful wife and soulmate, Loyce Leland. According to Loyce, Einar was the most dapper man at the dance. The rest, as they say, is history.
Einar and Loyce dated for three years while she finished her nurse's training. Then on Oct. 27, 1951, Loyce Leland became Mrs. Einar Dahl. They moved to Beach, N.D., and proceeded to raise a rowdy bunch of little Dahls! They had one daughter, Deborah, and two sons, Jonathan and Ted. There they stayed for many years until an opportunity to move to the mountains arose. After 20 years of being the butt of North Dakotan jokes, they were finally Montanans again!
For those of you who may not have known Einar, and I'm sure there are only a few, let me describe the man. Einar Dahl had an uncanny knack for holding long and steady conversations with just about anybody he met. He had an enormous repertoire of jokes, one-liners, and stories. He was an honest, caring and genuine man. Einar was also an avid outdoorsman who eagerly looked forward to his yearly hunting expedition with his "boys." Every October they would head up to Eino's and Hebgen Lake where they would hunt elk, eat lots of food (as long as it was fried), play cards, and laugh the days away. Sometimes they bagged an elk, but every time they had a blast! Einar was also a living legend in his own rite. He was the only American citizen who doubled as the "King of Norway"!
Einar has left behind an amazing legacy. His wife of 53 years, Loyce Dahl; his sister, Olga Halverson; daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Pat Hanen of Bozeman; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Rosemary Dahl of Beach, N.D.; and his youngest son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Sue Dahl of Molt. He also had nine grandchildren, two grandsons-in-law, as well as four great-grandchildren. Then, of course, there are the many relatives, countless friends, and everyone in between. We have immensely enjoyed our time with Einar Dahl and all of us carry along our own private jokes and memories. Because of this, Einar will never truly be gone.
Services will be held at Dahl Funeral Chapel (and no, there is no relation) at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Food and drinks will follow at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the corner of Main Street and 15th Avenue.
On Monday, June 6, interment of the urn with military rites, American Legion Post 14, will be held at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Family and friends should meet at Dahl Funeral Chapel at 9:45 a.m. for the procession to the cemetery.
Einar, otherwise known as "Spud," lived through the trying years of the Great Depression. To survive, they essentially had to live off the land. He once said that for a number of years after the Depression, wildlife sightings were slim to none.
In his early 20s, Einar was faced with a difficult decision: college or the military? He weighed his options and chose to enlist in the Army to help fight in World War II. In 1944, Einar was shipped to England in a modern-day "speedboat." It only took eight days to cross the Atlantic Ocean! There he served as a corporal in an ammunition unit. He taught his men the intricacies of the various munitions, and he fought right alongside his pupils.
Einar returned stateside after one year and eight months of service in Europe. He returned home to Minnesota to give his folks most of his earnings, then he went job hunting. He hopped into a Model A pick-up with $3 in his pocket and a head full of dreams. He ended up in Idaho where he joined a logging company. After a while he moved closer to home and started ranching with his uncle Halvor in Wibaux. One evening he was invited to a basket social at a local country school. Unbeknownst to him, he was about to be swept away. That night Einar met his beautiful wife and soulmate, Loyce Leland. According to Loyce, Einar was the most dapper man at the dance. The rest, as they say, is history.
Einar and Loyce dated for three years while she finished her nurse's training. Then on Oct. 27, 1951, Loyce Leland became Mrs. Einar Dahl. They moved to Beach, N.D., and proceeded to raise a rowdy bunch of little Dahls! They had one daughter, Deborah, and two sons, Jonathan and Ted. There they stayed for many years until an opportunity to move to the mountains arose. After 20 years of being the butt of North Dakotan jokes, they were finally Montanans again!
For those of you who may not have known Einar, and I'm sure there are only a few, let me describe the man. Einar Dahl had an uncanny knack for holding long and steady conversations with just about anybody he met. He had an enormous repertoire of jokes, one-liners, and stories. He was an honest, caring and genuine man. Einar was also an avid outdoorsman who eagerly looked forward to his yearly hunting expedition with his "boys." Every October they would head up to Eino's and Hebgen Lake where they would hunt elk, eat lots of food (as long as it was fried), play cards, and laugh the days away. Sometimes they bagged an elk, but every time they had a blast! Einar was also a living legend in his own rite. He was the only American citizen who doubled as the "King of Norway"!
Einar has left behind an amazing legacy. His wife of 53 years, Loyce Dahl; his sister, Olga Halverson; daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Pat Hanen of Bozeman; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Rosemary Dahl of Beach, N.D.; and his youngest son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Sue Dahl of Molt. He also had nine grandchildren, two grandsons-in-law, as well as four great-grandchildren. Then, of course, there are the many relatives, countless friends, and everyone in between. We have immensely enjoyed our time with Einar Dahl and all of us carry along our own private jokes and memories. Because of this, Einar will never truly be gone.
Services will be held at Dahl Funeral Chapel (and no, there is no relation) at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Food and drinks will follow at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the corner of Main Street and 15th Avenue.
On Monday, June 6, interment of the urn with military rites, American Legion Post 14, will be held at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Family and friends should meet at Dahl Funeral Chapel at 9:45 a.m. for the procession to the cemetery.
On the morning of May 31, 2005, Einar Oswald Dahl quietly left this earthly plane. He had been suffering from a variety of ailments caused by a lung tumor that was recently detected. Einar lived for 84 extraordinary years. Einar's parents, Olef Dahl and Oline Lund, were both Norwegian immigrants. Ironically they met and fell in love with each other in the United States. They moved to Wibaux, where Einar was born on July 22, 1920. However, he and his brother, Martin, and sister, Olga, were raised in a tiny northern Minnesota town called Mizpah.
Einar, otherwise known as "Spud," lived through the trying years of the Great Depression. To survive, they essentially had to live off the land. He once said that for a number of years after the Depression, wildlife sightings were slim to none.
In his early 20s, Einar was faced with a difficult decision: college or the military? He weighed his options and chose to enlist in the Army to help fight in World War II. In 1944, Einar was shipped to England in a modern-day "speedboat." It only took eight days to cross the Atlantic Ocean! There he served as a corporal in an ammunition unit. He taught his men the intricacies of the various munitions, and he fought right alongside his pupils.
Einar returned stateside after one year and eight months of service in Europe. He returned home to Minnesota to give his folks most of his earnings, then he went job hunting. He hopped into a Model A pick-up with $3 in his pocket and a head full of dreams. He ended up in Idaho where he joined a logging company. After a while he moved closer to home and started ranching with his uncle Halvor in Wibaux. One evening he was invited to a basket social at a local country school. Unbeknownst to him, he was about to be swept away. That night Einar met his beautiful wife and soulmate, Loyce Leland. According to Loyce, Einar was the most dapper man at the dance. The rest, as they say, is history.
Einar and Loyce dated for three years while she finished her nurse's training. Then on Oct. 27, 1951, Loyce Leland became Mrs. Einar Dahl. They moved to Beach, N.D., and proceeded to raise a rowdy bunch of little Dahls! They had one daughter, Deborah, and two sons, Jonathan and Ted. There they stayed for many years until an opportunity to move to the mountains arose. After 20 years of being the butt of North Dakotan jokes, they were finally Montanans again!
For those of you who may not have known Einar, and I'm sure there are only a few, let me describe the man. Einar Dahl had an uncanny knack for holding long and steady conversations with just about anybody he met. He had an enormous repertoire of jokes, one-liners, and stories. He was an honest, caring and genuine man. Einar was also an avid outdoorsman who eagerly looked forward to his yearly hunting expedition with his "boys." Every October they would head up to Eino's and Hebgen Lake where they would hunt elk, eat lots of food (as long as it was fried), play cards, and laugh the days away. Sometimes they bagged an elk, but every time they had a blast! Einar was also a living legend in his own rite. He was the only American citizen who doubled as the "King of Norway"!
Einar has left behind an amazing legacy. His wife of 53 years, Loyce Dahl; his sister, Olga Halverson; daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Pat Hanen of Bozeman; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Rosemary Dahl of Beach, N.D.; and his youngest son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Sue Dahl of Molt. He also had nine grandchildren, two grandsons-in-law, as well as four great-grandchildren. Then, of course, there are the many relatives, countless friends, and everyone in between. We have immensely enjoyed our time with Einar Dahl and all of us carry along our own private jokes and memories. Because of this, Einar will never truly be gone.
Services will be held at Dahl Funeral Chapel (and no, there is no relation) at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Food and drinks will follow at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the corner of Main Street and 15th Avenue.
On Monday, June 6, interment of the urn with military rites, American Legion Post 14, will be held at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Family and friends should meet at Dahl Funeral Chapel at 9:45 a.m. for the procession to the cemetery.
Einar, otherwise known as "Spud," lived through the trying years of the Great Depression. To survive, they essentially had to live off the land. He once said that for a number of years after the Depression, wildlife sightings were slim to none.
In his early 20s, Einar was faced with a difficult decision: college or the military? He weighed his options and chose to enlist in the Army to help fight in World War II. In 1944, Einar was shipped to England in a modern-day "speedboat." It only took eight days to cross the Atlantic Ocean! There he served as a corporal in an ammunition unit. He taught his men the intricacies of the various munitions, and he fought right alongside his pupils.
Einar returned stateside after one year and eight months of service in Europe. He returned home to Minnesota to give his folks most of his earnings, then he went job hunting. He hopped into a Model A pick-up with $3 in his pocket and a head full of dreams. He ended up in Idaho where he joined a logging company. After a while he moved closer to home and started ranching with his uncle Halvor in Wibaux. One evening he was invited to a basket social at a local country school. Unbeknownst to him, he was about to be swept away. That night Einar met his beautiful wife and soulmate, Loyce Leland. According to Loyce, Einar was the most dapper man at the dance. The rest, as they say, is history.
Einar and Loyce dated for three years while she finished her nurse's training. Then on Oct. 27, 1951, Loyce Leland became Mrs. Einar Dahl. They moved to Beach, N.D., and proceeded to raise a rowdy bunch of little Dahls! They had one daughter, Deborah, and two sons, Jonathan and Ted. There they stayed for many years until an opportunity to move to the mountains arose. After 20 years of being the butt of North Dakotan jokes, they were finally Montanans again!
For those of you who may not have known Einar, and I'm sure there are only a few, let me describe the man. Einar Dahl had an uncanny knack for holding long and steady conversations with just about anybody he met. He had an enormous repertoire of jokes, one-liners, and stories. He was an honest, caring and genuine man. Einar was also an avid outdoorsman who eagerly looked forward to his yearly hunting expedition with his "boys." Every October they would head up to Eino's and Hebgen Lake where they would hunt elk, eat lots of food (as long as it was fried), play cards, and laugh the days away. Sometimes they bagged an elk, but every time they had a blast! Einar was also a living legend in his own rite. He was the only American citizen who doubled as the "King of Norway"!
Einar has left behind an amazing legacy. His wife of 53 years, Loyce Dahl; his sister, Olga Halverson; daughter and son-in-law, Deb and Pat Hanen of Bozeman; son and daughter-in-law, Jonathan and Rosemary Dahl of Beach, N.D.; and his youngest son and daughter-in-law, Ted and Sue Dahl of Molt. He also had nine grandchildren, two grandsons-in-law, as well as four great-grandchildren. Then, of course, there are the many relatives, countless friends, and everyone in between. We have immensely enjoyed our time with Einar Dahl and all of us carry along our own private jokes and memories. Because of this, Einar will never truly be gone.
Services will be held at Dahl Funeral Chapel (and no, there is no relation) at 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4. Food and drinks will follow at the Seventh-day Adventist Church on the corner of Main Street and 15th Avenue.
On Monday, June 6, interment of the urn with military rites, American Legion Post 14, will be held at Sunset Hills Cemetery. Family and friends should meet at Dahl Funeral Chapel at 9:45 a.m. for the procession to the cemetery.
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