Donald Garvin AMUNDSON

1936 - 2007  (70 years)

• Name	Donald Garvin AMUNDSON
  Birth	21 Sep 1936	Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 May 2007	Goodhue County, Minnesota
  Notes	Kayla calls him Donald Jess Amundson. His obit in the Post-Bulletin: A memorial service for Donald J. Amundson will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Holden Lutheran Church in Kenyon, with the Rev. Michael Lockerby officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Amundson, 70, of Kenyon, died Thursday (May 24, 2007). Donald Jess Amundson was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Bricelyn, Minn. He attended Kenyon High School and served in the Army Reserves from 1955 to 1962. He lived in the Kenyon and Faribault area his entire life. In 1955 he married Sandra Wickum. Carpentry work was his occupation for years before he became a farmer. They owned the Wickum family homestead from 1963 until retiring in 1980. He was employed with the city of Faribault Transit System for 13 years and was an independent semi driver for four years. A longtime member of Holden Lutheran Church, the Eagles Club and the American Legion, his hobbies included hunting in his earlier years and collecting cars. Survivors include two daughters, Debra (Pat) Baldwin of Wichita, Kan., and Dawn (Kevin) Buffington of Austin, Texas; a son, Darvin (Janet) of Kenyon; nine grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a twin brother, Ronald (Donna) of Wanamingo; a sister, LaVon (Peter) Underdahl of Kenyon; special friend, Lois Christian of Faribault; and his former wife, Sandra Amundson of Faribault. Other survivors include a daughter-in-law, Sandi Amundson of Rochester. He was preceded in death by two brothers and a son.
  Person ID	I33876	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Jess AMUNDSON,   b. 4 Oct 1902, Faribault County, Minnesota d. 23 Sep 1980, Bricelyn, Faribault County, Minnesota (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Alma Josephine KVALE,   b. 27 Aug 1905, Freeborn County, Minnesota d. 7 Oct 2002, Goodhue County, Minnesota (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	9 May 1925	Steele County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F23248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	S. WICKUM
  Family ID	F23269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2023