Funeral services for Floyd Kermit Wangen, 82, of Albert Lea will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Frank will officiate. Interment will be at the West Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the Freeborn County Veterans organizations. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service.
Floyd died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center.
Floyd Kermit Wangen was born on Nov. 30, 1925, to Nels (Albert) and Martha (Nelson) Wangen in Manchester Township. He was a lifelong resident of Manchester, baptized and confirmed at the West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Floyd attended County School District 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Phillipines and Japan. Floyd was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a switchman, where in 1985, he received an award for saving a pedestrian from death or serious injury. Floyd was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also a member of the Oakview Golf Club. Floyd enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, playing golf and watching the Minnesota Twins.
Survivors include his sister, Helen (Bill) Aanerud; brothers Russell Wangen, and Harold (Maxine) Wangen; sister-in-law Frieda Wangen; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Floyd was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers-in-law Marie (Alfred) Kaufman, Dora (Henry) Melander, Florence (Chester) Hanson, and Arthur Gunderson; brothers and sisters-in-law Nels (Irma) Wangen, Arnold Wangen, Elvin (Irene) Wangen, Glenn ( Lila) Wangen, Viola Wangen; nephews Marvin Wangen, Duane Wangen, Gerald Wangen, Ronald Melander and Robert Gunderson.
Memorials preferred to West Freeborn Lutheran Church or Crossroads Community Hospice.
Floyd died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center.
Floyd Kermit Wangen was born on Nov. 30, 1925, to Nels (Albert) and Martha (Nelson) Wangen in Manchester Township. He was a lifelong resident of Manchester, baptized and confirmed at the West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Floyd attended County School District 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Phillipines and Japan. Floyd was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a switchman, where in 1985, he received an award for saving a pedestrian from death or serious injury. Floyd was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also a member of the Oakview Golf Club. Floyd enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, playing golf and watching the Minnesota Twins.
Survivors include his sister, Helen (Bill) Aanerud; brothers Russell Wangen, and Harold (Maxine) Wangen; sister-in-law Frieda Wangen; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Floyd was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers-in-law Marie (Alfred) Kaufman, Dora (Henry) Melander, Florence (Chester) Hanson, and Arthur Gunderson; brothers and sisters-in-law Nels (Irma) Wangen, Arnold Wangen, Elvin (Irene) Wangen, Glenn ( Lila) Wangen, Viola Wangen; nephews Marvin Wangen, Duane Wangen, Gerald Wangen, Ronald Melander and Robert Gunderson.
Memorials preferred to West Freeborn Lutheran Church or Crossroads Community Hospice.
Funeral services for Floyd Kermit Wangen, 82, of Albert Lea will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home. The Rev. Dennis Frank will officiate. Interment will be at the West Freeborn Lutheran Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by the Freeborn County Veterans organizations. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service.
Floyd died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center.
Floyd Kermit Wangen was born on Nov. 30, 1925, to Nels (Albert) and Martha (Nelson) Wangen in Manchester Township. He was a lifelong resident of Manchester, baptized and confirmed at the West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Floyd attended County School District 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Phillipines and Japan. Floyd was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a switchman, where in 1985, he received an award for saving a pedestrian from death or serious injury. Floyd was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also a member of the Oakview Golf Club. Floyd enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, playing golf and watching the Minnesota Twins.
Survivors include his sister, Helen (Bill) Aanerud; brothers Russell Wangen, and Harold (Maxine) Wangen; sister-in-law Frieda Wangen; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Floyd was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers-in-law Marie (Alfred) Kaufman, Dora (Henry) Melander, Florence (Chester) Hanson, and Arthur Gunderson; brothers and sisters-in-law Nels (Irma) Wangen, Arnold Wangen, Elvin (Irene) Wangen, Glenn ( Lila) Wangen, Viola Wangen; nephews Marvin Wangen, Duane Wangen, Gerald Wangen, Ronald Melander and Robert Gunderson.
Memorials preferred to West Freeborn Lutheran Church or Crossroads Community Hospice.
Floyd died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center.
Floyd Kermit Wangen was born on Nov. 30, 1925, to Nels (Albert) and Martha (Nelson) Wangen in Manchester Township. He was a lifelong resident of Manchester, baptized and confirmed at the West Freeborn Lutheran Church. Floyd attended County School District 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Phillipines and Japan. Floyd was employed by the Union Pacific Railroad as a switchman, where in 1985, he received an award for saving a pedestrian from death or serious injury. Floyd was elected to the Softball Hall of Fame in 2002. He was also a member of the Oakview Golf Club. Floyd enjoyed gardening, hunting, fishing, playing golf and watching the Minnesota Twins.
Survivors include his sister, Helen (Bill) Aanerud; brothers Russell Wangen, and Harold (Maxine) Wangen; sister-in-law Frieda Wangen; many nieces, nephews and friends.
Floyd was preceded in death by his parents; sisters and brothers-in-law Marie (Alfred) Kaufman, Dora (Henry) Melander, Florence (Chester) Hanson, and Arthur Gunderson; brothers and sisters-in-law Nels (Irma) Wangen, Arnold Wangen, Elvin (Irene) Wangen, Glenn ( Lila) Wangen, Viola Wangen; nephews Marvin Wangen, Duane Wangen, Gerald Wangen, Ronald Melander and Robert Gunderson.
Memorials preferred to West Freeborn Lutheran Church or Crossroads Community Hospice.
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