August 10, 1926 – Sunday, October 27, 2013
Service Information
Evangelical Covenant Church-Buffalo, MN
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
11:30 A.M.
Visitation Information
AT THE CHURCH
Saturday, November 2nd, 2013
9:00 A.M. until time of servic
Bert W. Bjorklund, age 87, of Buffalo passed away on Sunday, October 27th, 2013 at Park View Care Center.
He was born on August 10, 1926 in Waverly the son of Bert & Ruth Snare Bjorklund Sr.
Bert graduated from Buffalo High School in 1944.
On May 4, 1948, Bert W. Bjorklund and Evelyn M. Lundeen were joined in holy marriage at The Evangelical Covenant Church in Buffalo. God blessed their marriage with five children.
Following his marriage, Bert engaged in farming east of Buffalo and eventually became employed at Coast to Coast for nearly twenty years. Through the years, Bert was also formerly employed at Trueman-Welters Inc., The Peterson Chapel and at Culver’s. He was a longtime school bus driver for District
# 877.
Bert enjoyed yard work and keeping up his car and pickup. He was fond of music, singing in the church choir for sixty years and attending children and grandchildren’s sporting events.
He was a faithful, lifelong member of The Evangelical Covenant Church in Buffalo.
Survived by loving wife of sixty-five years: Evelyn Bjorklund; children: Lora (Gordon) Kottke of Albertville, Joel (Sue) Bjorklund of Buffalo, Kent (Pam) Bjorklund of St. Michael and Dale (Lisa) Bjorklund of Buffalo; 11grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren and 1 great, great grandchild; other relatives and many friends.
Preceded in death by his parents, a daughter: Lynn Cara Bjorklund in 1958 and by a brother: Marshall.
Funeral services for Bert Bjorklund will be held on Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 at 11:30 A.M. at The Evangelical Covenant Church in Buffalo. Pastor Carl L. Taylor will officiate. Private interment will follow at Swedish Mission Cemetery.
A visitation will be held on Saturday, November 2nd beginning at 9:00 A.M. at the church.
Casket Bearers will be Adam Bjorklund, Jacob Bjorklund, Nate Dahlheimer, Travis Dahlheimer, Andrew Bjorklund, Jared Bjorklund, Aaron DeMarais and Matt Spike.
My sincerest condolences & prayers go out to Bert’s wife & family in this time of sorrow. Bert was the ray of sunshine at Culver’s when he worked there & the Knitten Kittens all loved seeing & talking to him. He is at peace now in Jesus’ arms.
Evelyn and family,
My sympathy to you on the passing of Bert. He was known and loved by the entire community. This is especially meaningful to me since I was your ring bearer at your wedding about 65 years ago.
Love,
Gary
He will be missed. We loved seeing him every Sunday morning and God just received a beautiful angel. We loved him very much. Our thoughts and prayers are to his family. The Chalstrom Family
Words can’t even describe how much I will miss you Uncle Bert and our bantering. I love you and Aunt Evelyn dearly and will treasure my memories of you forever. Your kindness and giving spirit and caring for others is what I hope can be said about me-you and Evelyn touched the lives of so many. I picture dad showing you around heaven in your new bodies with no more suffering or pain and I’m so glad we will be together for eternity. You were very precious to me and so many. I love you!
Bert was a good worker at Culvers and he was such a nice person too and he will be miss by a lot of people
This is a post note for anyone interested. When I started Knitten Kittens and going to Culver’s, Good ol’ Bert is the one that started calling us the Knitten Kittens so we took that name as the name of our group & it will stay that way as long as we are a ministry. Thank you Bert and may you REST IN PEACE NOW.
LOVE THE KNITTEN KITTENS
Dear Evelyn and family,
You have our deepest sympathy in the loss of Bert. He lived life to its fullest, and is now at rest with his Lord. He was such a friendly and personable man, and always took time to talk to and acknowledge everyone he met. We are sorry we can’t be at his funeral but want you to know you have our deepest sympathy.
Jeannie and Dave Dixon
I was so sorry to hear about Bert. He is going to be missed.
Evelyn, please continue to come and visit us at Cub. We want to see you. You are in my ❤! Take care.
To Courtney, Jarod, Lisa, Dale and the rest of The Bjorklund family,
May God surround you in this time of loss and give you comfort through his promises. You are and have been in my prayers.
-most sincerest condolences