February 17, 1936 – Monday, June 19, 2017
Service Information
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hanover, MN
Friday, July 7, 2017
7:00 PM
Visitation Information
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Hanover, MN
Friday, July 7, 2017
Beginning at 5 PM
Wesley Dennis Sunvold, age 81, of Rogers, MN passed away on June 19, 2017. Reviewal and interment on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at Hayden Cemetery, Madison, MN. On July 7, 2017, family and friends are invited to share a light dinner at 5 p.m., followed by a memorial service at 7 p.m., at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, MN.
Wesley was born on February 17, 1936 in Sacred Heart, MN to Mildred and Marvin Sunvold. He graduated from the University of Minnesota, where he joined Alpha Gamma Rho. Wesley was a proud U.S. Marine! Wesley married Ruth Klefsaas of Madison, MN on May 2, 1959. Wesley was a brilliant engineer, a gift he used as a boy to invent and fabricate tools and electronics, and later used to help family and friends. If he learned you had an engineering issue, Wes would not stop thinking about your problem until he created a solution. In leisure, Wes enjoyed fishing, photography, and tractors, and making regular trips to Walt Disney World. He lit up when he was around his granddaughters Piper and Reagan, and enjoyed fishing and building gingerbread houses with them. Wesley loved God, his family, and his country.
He is survived by his daughter, Judy Sunvold; son, John (Peggy) Sunvold; granddaughters Piper & Reagan, sister Phyllis (John Arlen) Johnson, brother Roger (Marge) Sunvold; sister-in-laws Carol Abild, Lois Klefsaas, and Mavis Klefsaas along with many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife Ruth, parents, and baby sister; father-in-law and mother-in-law Gustav and Gladys Klefsaas, brother-in laws Harold Klefsaas, Donald Klefsaas and Gerald Abild.
Judy and John,
So sorry for your loss. You are in our thoughts.
Judy and John, Peggy, Carol, Lois, and Mavis; Sending my sympathy to you and the rest of your family. Your words about Wes in the StarTribune obituary were so kind, apt, and interesting. Jon and I always enjoyed talking with Wes and Ruth at Madison events. Wes was one interesting and solid person. My best to all of you.
Hi Judy. John, I never had the privilege of meeting you. I am sorry for your loss. Your dad and I had many good times visiting while we lived at the Legacy. We had many things in common in both of us attended the U of MN in St. Paul. Both came from farms.
Judy, I always enjoyed visiting with you when you came to visit with your Dad. We had both been on Crops Judging Teams for the U of MN. My sympathy to both of you.
Earl K Wold