Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Theodore FranklinTegland, age 82, finished his race on November 11, 2012 after a brief struggle with cancer.

Fiercely independent and creative, Ted believed in family, self support and helping others.  A farmer at heart, he loved growing things, family gatherings, the outdoors, creating solutions to home and machine repair problems, a good John Wayne movie, cutting wood and keeping up with world and local events. He never lost his sense of wonder, sense of humor and curiosity over how things and people worked.

Ted was born September 16, 1930, in Goodall, Iowa to Truman and Leta Tegland. He worked on the family farm until he graduated from Forest City High School in 1948.

Ted served his country as a heavy equipment operator in the Korean war with H/S Co. 62 AUS C.E. from 1952 to 1954.  He spent 8 additional years in the Army Reserves..

Returning home, he met and married the love of his life, Darla Delaine Duryee on January 23, 1955 in McIntire, Iowa.  Married for 57 years, they were blessed with 2 sons and 2 daughters (each one his favorite!), 4 sons and daughters-in-law, 11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren, all of whom have benefited greatly from Ted’s wisdom, love, guidance and presence in their lives.

The couple originally settled in Austin, Minnesota where Ted received training as a tool and die maker.  He applied those skills at Tonka Toys in Mound, Minnesota for many years. He
continued to work well into retirement at various handyman jobs, including work for Carver County and Mykkanen homes in Cokato.  Ted and Darla renovated and sold homes in Watertown, Waverly and Howard Lake before settling in Cokato.

Ted and Darla built a household of faith where prayer, church and service to others was foundational and doing the right thing was expected.  Each of their children, children in law, grandchildren and great grandchildren have grown up knowing that they were greatly loved and that Jesus is Lord of the Tegland household.

Ted was preceded in death by his parents, brother Virgil Tegland, sister Helen Myre, brothers in law Cordell Duryee and Harvey Myre, sister in law Nola Hauck and a beloved son, Scott.

While rejoicing that Dad is in heaven, he was greatly loved, and shall be missed by his wife, Darla; daughter Dawn (David) Rostomily of Cokato, daughter in law Brenda Tegland (Scott’s wife) of Cokato, son Damon (Carla) of Anderson, MO and daughter Lorrie (Roger) Miller of Janesville, MN.  His brother Dean (Rita) Tegland, and brothers and sisters in law, Faye Tegland (Virgil’s wife), Loren (Leone) Duryee, Mary Duryee (Cordell’s wife), Craig (Karen) Duryee, Lane (Terri) Duryee, and Sharla (Jon) Lieder also mourn his loss. Grandpa Ted will also be missed by his grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, coworkers from Tonka, and many friends.

A memorial service will take place on Saturday, November 17, 2:00 pm at the First Baptist Church of Cokato, with the Reverend Dan Swanson officiating.  Visitation will begin at 12:30 pm at the church. Special music will be provided by the Tegland family.  As it was Ted’s wish to be cremated, honorary pallbearers are Ted’s grandchildren and their spouses:  Jennifer & Adam Johnson, Kate & Steven Schmoll, Ben Rostomily, Laura Rostomily, Matthew & Vanessa Tegland, Michael Tegland, Robert Tegland, Emily Tegland, Melissa O’Brien, Cassandra Miller and Joshua Miller as well as Ted’s great nephew Alex Hauck. Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato, 320-286-2534, www.swansonpeterson.com

Robert Theodore Falk, 84 of Cokato (formerly of Baudette) passed away at home on Novewmber 8, 2012

Memorial Service for Robert will be: 2PM Thursday, November 15, 2012, at the First Congregational Church of Baudette.

Interment will be

Robert Theodore Falk 84, passed
away November
8th, 2012 in Cokato, Minnesota.

He was born September 3, 1928 in Brainerd, Minnesota to Agnes (Anderson) and Harold Falk.

He served in th US Navy from 1949
- 1955 and maintained many lifetime friendships from his “Navy Days”.

On June 24, 1953 he married the love of his life, Joyce Marie Aykens, and
eventually moved to Baudette, MN with Joyce and son Rob in 1960 where Rick and Jill were
later born. Bob retired from federal service in 1979 at the Baudette Air Force
Station. He continued to live in Baudette and started the Bob Falk Insurance
Agency which he worked until finally retiring to hunt, fish, and travel. He
especially enjoyed Alaska trips where he could always be found at his favorite
fishing hole (especially by the game warden)!

Bob was a member of the Baudette
American Legion Post 217, VFW, and Moose Lodge for more than 50 years. He was
also a dedicated member of the Masonic Lodge, OSIRIS Lodge #242, initiated June 5, 1962, passed September 18, 1962 and raised October 16, 1962.
He served and led as Master of the Masonic Lodge.

He was an avid hunter and
fisherman. Family and friends have many colorful stories of hunting deer,
ducks, pheasants, and more. Fishing was a passion from salmon fishing in Alaska and Lake
Superior to walleye fishing in Lake of the Woods and Rainy River.

He is survived by his wife Joyce
residing in Cokato, MN, son Rob (wife Marilyn) of Port Orchard, WA, son Richard
(wife Jennifer) of Chugiak, AK, and daughter Jill (husband Jake) of Cokato, MN.
Grandchildren Angela Falk of Kihei, HI, Steven Falk of Bremerton, WA, Richard
Falk of Port Orchard, WA, Carla Nielson of Baudette, MN, Leah Lutgens and Troy
Lutgens of Cokato, MN,

at Elm Park Cemetery of Baudette.

Ellen Catherine (Aho) Tormanen, age 91, of Cokato, passed away October 30, 2012 at Cokato Manor. She was born to Charles and Minnie Aho on October 28, 1921 in Cokato, Minnesota, Middleville Township. She grew up in the Cokato area and attended rural Ojanpera School, and graduated from Cokato High School in 1939. After she graduated from high school, she stayed at home to help with work on the farm.

Ellen was united in marriage to Edwin Tormanen on April 12, 1947 at the Cokato Apostolic Lutheran Church. The couple lived in Minneapolis and Chaska, and returned to Cokato in 1952. They farmed for 13 years and then moved to the city of Cokato. Ellen worked for the Blaha Grocery store and Tri Town Grocery, and was a custodian for the Cokato Museum for 27 ½ years.

Ellen is survived by her sisters, Esther Simonson, Lempi Koivisto, and Lorraine (Robert) Wisuri, brother-in-law, Daniel (Arlene) Tormanen, sisters-in-law, Eva Rukes, MaryAnn (Richard) Pierson, and Agnes Tormanen, along with many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, along with brothers, Eino and Melvin Aho.
Funeral service: Friday, November 2, 11 am at the First Apostolic Lutheran Church in Dassel, MN.

Visitation: Thursday, November 1, 5-8 pm at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato and 1 hour prior to services at the church.

Interment: Cokato Finnish Cemetery immediately following service at church.

Bill passed away at his home North of Howard Lake on October 26, 2012

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 AM Wednesday, October 31, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Waverly

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday at the church. and 1hr prior to services at church on Wednesday.

There will be a prayer service at 7:30 Tuesday evenig

Interment Church Cemetery

William Howard Stokes (Bill)
was born January 27, 1943 the 8^th of 9 children born to Ray and Bernice
(Keller) Stokes at Chatfield, Minnesota. He grew up there on the family farm. He graduated
from High School at Chatfield.

On September 30,
1967 Bill married Shirley
Bow, at Rochester, Minnesota.  The family
moved to Howard Lake in 1977.  After
working at Lester’s Builders, Air tech in Cokato, and as a carpenter, he
returned to dairy farming and later raised pigs and steers.  He was a farmer at heart and enjoyed watching
the crops and seasons change.

Growing up he spent a lot of
time fishing on the Mississippi
River near Wabasha, he also
enjoyed hunting in the fall and winter.
As a teenager he enjoyed roller skating with family and friends, as the
stories go they would spend several nights a week going to different towns that
had roller rinks and he became quite a “show off”.  He received his first guitar as a Christmas
gift as a teenager and continued to “pick away” for his own enjoyment and later
for the grand kids.

He looked forward to going to
Duluth each fall with his daughter and family.  Some times he would call his kids – just
because he wanted to hear their voice, even if it was only the answering machine.
He liked to ask the grand kids how their day went, what they had for lunch and
if they had any homework.  He was accepting
of all and never had an unkind word to say about anybody During his illness he
enjoyed visits from friends and neighbors and especially quality time with his
kids and grand kids.

Bill passed away at home,
North of Howard Lake on Friday October 26, 2012.  He had
reached the age of 69 years, 8 months and 29 days.

Survivors include: wife
Shirley of Howard Lake, sons; Kevin (Kelly) of Howard Lake and Dan of Howard Lake.  Daughter Teri (Kevin) Vetsch of Cokato.  Grand children Alexa and Colton Vetsch and
MacKenzie, Braden and Jace Stokes.
Brothers; Jerry (Betty) Stokes of Rochester and Mike (Carol) Stokes of Chatfield.

He was preceded in death by
his parents Raymond and Bernice, 4 brothers and 2 sisters.

Alvin Norman Cole, 87, of Cokato, Minnesota, passed away October 16, 2012 due to coronary heart disease.

He was born September 11, 1925 in Tolley, North Dakota to Alice Ogaard and Truman Cole. He was raised by his grandparents in North Dakota and when he was 11 moved to Cokato with them.  He later made his home with his aunt and uncle, Maurice and Doris Ogaard.

He served in the US Navy in the South Pacific during WWII from 1944-47. Upon his return he found an apprenticeship through the GI bill to work at Eddie’s Auto Body shop in Waverly where he sold Ford tractors and learned the auto body trade.  He later worked for Lyle Stowell at the Cokato Body and Paint.  He started his own business in 1959 at the Green Giant Farm Shop and later built Cole’s Auto Body on Hwy 12 where he retired in 1992.

On July 17, 1952 he married Mary Louise Hillmeyer.  They resided on Brooks Lake their whole life where they raised a family of four.  This past summer they celebrated 60 happy years of marriage.

Alvy was passionate about the conservation and preservation of the natural environment and its creatures. He was a tireless volunteer with the Rainbow Sportsman Club and was President of the Wright County Federation of Sportsman’s Club in 1959 and a member of Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. He founded and taught gun and snowmobile safety classes in the Cokato area and worked to preserve the water quality of his beloved Brooks Lake.

Alvy was also a member of Cokato American Legion Post 209 for 60 years and a Cokato-Dassel Lions International member since 1981.  He was the first member of the club to receive the prestigious Melvin Jones Fellow award for his volunteer work and dedication to the community. For decades he was a common fixture at the Corn Carnival and could be found frying pork chops and brats at the Lions stand. He was an advocate for the trail along Highway 12 and in his 70s would help maintain the grass by driving his lawnmower between Cokato and Dassel. He served as a Cokato volunteer fireman for 32 years.

He tended to vegetable and flower gardens for decades and was an avid hunter and gatherer. Family and friends have many colorful stories of picking berries, mushrooms, and fruit as well as hunting deer, ducks, pheasants and more. Fishing was a passion of his from fly fishing, salmon fishing in Alaska and Lake Michigan, to slaying sunfish at his cabin in Hackensack, Minnesota which they have enjoyed since the early 70s.

Alvy was known for his Weber grilling and smoking skills,sense of adventure, light hearted jokes, work ethic, keen problem solving on all kinds of projects and his common sense.
He was a salt of the earth man that was very family-centered and enjoyed spending time with his children, grandchildren and his dogs. In his retirement he tackled many projects in his shop from furniture restoration to creating things from found objects.  He kept a photo journal of many of his woodworking projects. He was especially proud to be involved in the restoration of a 1918 Model T Ford snowmobile and the 1928 Reo Speedwagon fire truck.

He is survived by his wife, Mary of Cokato; son David (wife Shirley) of Cokato, daughters, Anna Appelbaum (husband Martin) of St. Paul, Elaine (husband Todd) of Forest Grove, Oregon, and Cindy Barth (husband Scott) of Cokato. Grandchildren  Zachary (Staci), Carlie, Allyson, Maya and Ramon and sisters, Trudy Borstad (Clayton) and Nancy Raisanen (Ron).

To honor Alvy’s wishes please send memorials in his name to Cokato Lions Club, P.O. Box 691, Cokato, MN, 55321and Cokato American Legion Post 209, Commander, P.O. Box 43, Cokato, MN 55321.

Visitation: Friday, October 19, 2012, 4-8pm at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato (320)286-2534.

Funeral Service and Internment: Private family service