Kenneth "Ken" Ray Waldvogel

Jody Hane2021-07-30T17:18:13-05:00

Name: Kenneth "Ken" Ray Waldvogel
Location of Birth: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Date of Birth: March 6, 1955
Date of Death: September 30, 2017 (62 years old)
Parents: Edmond and Martha Waldvogel
High School and Class: Nashwauk High School, Nashwauk, Minnesota
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Highest Rank: BM3 (Boatswain's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class)
Branch: Navy
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Ken served in the United States Navy on the USS Vulcan AR-5 for three years.

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Civilian Life:
Ken was raised by Martha and Mel Miersch.

Ken volunteered as an EMT on the Nashwauk-Keewatin ambulance crew.

On August 10, 1989, he was united in marriage to Denise Kasper. He was employed at BFI and Veit Disposal.

Ken enjoyed many outdoor activities, including hunting, fishing, camping, fourwheeling, snowmobiling, and football. "Go Vikings."

Ken is survived by his wife, Denise; daughter, Tina (Zachary Patton); sister, Peggy (Harry) Smith; brother, Jerry (Charlene) Miersch; mother-in-law, Evangeline Kasper; sisters-in-law, Donna (Greg) Griffin, Deborah Howe (Terry Shaw), Diana Sutton, Dore (Steve) Voss, and Darlene Theyson (Chris Marh); many nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Martha; fathers, Mel and Edmond, brothers, Norman and Larry; sister, Marlene; father-in-law, Donald Kasper; and brother-in-law, Rick Sutton.

Interment was at St. Henry Catholic Cemetery in Monticello, Minnesota.

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