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Peder "Pete" Orvil Barsness
Jeremy Anderson2020-07-19T13:43:33-05:00
- Name: Peder "Pete" Orvil Barsness
- Location of Birth: Red Lake County, Minnesota
- Date of Birth: January 14, 1930
- Date of Death: December 21, 2000
- Parents: Peder Barsness & Albina (Plante) Barsness
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- Highest Rank: MSGT (Master Sergeant)
- Branch: Army
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- Date Sworn In: November 7, 1950
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- Date of Discharge: August 7, 1952
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Korean War
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Peder Barsness came to the Grand Rapids area after serving in the Army in the Korean War for two years. He married Dorothy "Peggy" Letourneau in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1953. He worked as a truck driver for the Cleveland-Cliffs Mining Company and later Troumbley Brothers Construction. He was the owner and operator of the Barsness Water and Sewer Company which he operated until his death. He was a member of the Local 49ers, Operating Engineers.
Pete died in Duluth and is buried in Lakeside Cemetery, Trout Lake Township, Bovey, Minnesota. He is survived by a daughter, Joyce Schultz; a son, Peder; two brothers, Lloyd and Willard; special friend, Donna Christiansen; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death his his parents; his wife, Peggy, in 1987; a sister, Norma Baron; and a brother, Earl.
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