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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 24428
Title: Lowell H. Helgerson
Date: 8/21/1928-8/7/2018
Creator:
Inscription/Marks: 8/21/1928
Summary: Lowell H. Helgerson, 89, West Fargo, ND, formerly of Bottineau, ND, passed away August 7, 2018, at a West Fargo care center. Memorial services were held August 14, 2018, at the United Parish in Bottineau. Officiating at the service was the Reverend Ken Mund. LeAnn Bremner was the organist and Leo Jostad was the soloist. A reading was read by Tom Helgerson. Urn bearers were nieces and nephews, Kristy Little, Marshall McCullough, and Cameron McCullough. Honorary urn bearers were Kim and Jerry Zahn and Sloan Liebl. Burial was in the Oak Creek Cemetery, Bottineau. Lowell was born August 21, 1928, in Bottineau, the son of Oscar and Caroline (Gangstad) Helgerson. He left Bottineau at the age of 14 and moved to Rochester, MN. He graduated from Rochester High School and the University of Minnesota with a degree in agricultural economics and an ROTC officer’s commission in the Air Force. He completed pilot training, earned his wings, and flew F-80 and F-84 fighter jets. After the service, Lowell married Colleen McCullough March 24, 1956, in Bottineau. They made their home in Rochester, MN, where he sold farm machinery before going to work at the Rochester Airport where he served as Airport Manager for 30 years. After retirement in 1992, Lowell and Colleen enjoyed fifteen years of active retirement, traveling extensively while making their home in Hot Springs Village, AR, with extended visits to Lake Metigoshe each summer. In 2007 they moved “back home” to Bottineau. Along with his interest in aviation, Lowell was an avid waterfowl hunter and enjoyed training Labrador retrievers. Lowell was a devoted husband and father. Family, both immediate and extended, was a great treasure to him. He was very active in the Rochester community through Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce, Ambassadors and more. He made friends easily through a genuine interest in people and a caring nature. Once formed, these friendships endured across the years and the miles, from the Rochester Archery Club, through his career, 8th Street, Hot Springs Village and Bottineau and all those in between. Thank you to all of his friends for the joy and richness you added to life. Lowell is survived by his daughter, Holly (James) Burch,Mandan, ND; son, Odin (Patti) Helgerson Fargo, ND; two grandchildren, LaNora and Orrin Burch, Mandan; and sister-in-law, Carol McCullough. Lowell was preceded in death by his parents; brother,Mike; sister, Evelyn; and his wife of 61 years, Colleen.
Red ID: FND_I_75046 Image ID: 528943 Image Notes: FND001 24428

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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