Lyle Richard ROSTAD

1929 - 2018  (89 years)

• Name	Lyle Richard ROSTAD
  Birth	15 Jan 1929	Houston County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 2018	Olmsted County, Minnesota
  	St. Mary’s
  Burial	Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Notes	Lyle Richard Rostad, 89, of Rochester, passed away on March 21, 2018, of natural causes at Saint Marys Hospital. Lyle was born in 1929, born on Skifton farm in Black Hammer Township, Houston County. On March 16, 1962, he married Karen Ann Wheeler in Rochester, at Zumbro Lutheran Church. He was pulled out of school after the eighth grade to work on the farm. He was drafted into the Army and given an honorable discharge in September 1951. He moved to Rochester in 1954 and started work at a filling station. In 1957, he started work at Dayton's department store and retired in 1991, after 34 years. As a youth, Lyle played for the Black Hammer baseball team. As a young man, he liked to play on the Rochester bowling leagues. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post 249. For 35 years, he was in charge of the clothing drive for Lutheran world relief at Zumbro Lutheran Church and enjoyed many decades of ushering and greeting and assisting with communion. He was fascinated with cardinals and enjoyed collecting agates and coins. He played the accordion and the organ. He taught his daughter, Jody, at a young age how to play "You Are My Sunshine" on the organ and it was still Lyle and Jody's song and forever will be. After Lyle's retirement, his daughter had a horrible car accident in 1995. He devoted his time to caring for her until he could no more. Lyle's biggest accomplishment was being the greatest father. He is survived by his wife, Karen Rostad; children, Les Richard (April) Rostad of Rochester and Jody Marie Rostad Gladson; three grandchildren, Sonja Ann Rostad of Minneapolis, Bjorn Michael Rostad of Rochester, and Freya Christine Rostad of Rochester; sisters, Elmira Steigerwald of Austin, Arlene Bain of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Judy Baumach of Wautoma, Wis. Lyle is preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one son. Lyle was a Korean War veteran.
  Person ID	I39953	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Julius Nelvin ROSTAD,   b. 6 Feb 1905, Houston County, Minnesota d. 6 Feb 1994, Houston County, Minnesota (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Alice Rosella SKAUGE,   b. 1 May 1907, Black Hammer Twp, Houston County, Minnesota d. 28 Jul 1999, Spring Grove, Houston County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F26940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Karen Ann WHEELER,   b. 20 Dec 1940, Pepin County, Wisconsin bur. Oakwood Cemetery, Pepin, Pepin County, Wisconsin
  Marriage	16 Mar 1962	Olmsted County, Minnesota
  Children	1. Jody Marie ROSTAD,   b. 17 May 1971, Olmsted County, Minnesota d. 13 Aug 2018, Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F26936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2023