Funeral Service
10:30 A.M., Saturday, December 12, 2009
Trinity Lutheran Church
Estelline, South Dakota
Rev. Ann E.S. Webb, Officiating

Visitation
2:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday at Geise Funeral Home in Estelline.

Interment
Laketon Mission Covenant Cemetery
Rural Arlington, South Dakota


Loren Dean Bjorklund was born February 16, 1932 in Watertown, South Dakota to Verner and Amy (Aronson) Bjorklund. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school and graduated from Castlewood High School in 1949. He was Boys Student of the Year in 1948 while attending school in Castlewood. Loren entered the U.S. Army in 1952 during the Korean Conflict. He served with the 393rd Battalion in Germany for 18 months and was honorably discharged in April of 1954.

He met his wife Angie Wolf while she boarded at his parents farm as she was the new teacher for the school nearby. They were married on April 22, 1955 in Estelline. They lived on the same farm for over 50 years and he enjoyed farming with his father and in the later years with his son, David. Even when he couldnt do tractor work, he loved to drive around and look at his fields and cattle.

Loren was a man who could never say no. If there was a job to do, he would do it. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and served on the church council for many years and served two years as president of the congregation. He was on the Hamlin County Weed Board for 33 years and served as chairman for 31 of those years. Loren served two years as president of the State Weed and Pest Board and was president of the District 1 Weed Board for 15 years. He was on the Hamlin County Extension Board for four years and served 14 years on the Land O Lakes Tri County Voting Unit Board with six of those years as the chairman. He also served 27 years as treasurer of the Estelline Township Board. Loren was also a life member of the Montgomery-Anderson American Legion Post in Estelline. He was a seed dealer for over 20 years, last representing Mustang Seeds. Loren also worked at Stone Bridge Resort selling dance tickets.

He was an avid sports fan, always following the local high school teams as well as the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings. He was very knowledgeable in all areas of sports and enjoyed answering the sports quiz questions on the radio contests. In February of 2008, he entered the Estelline Nursing and Care Center. While there he enjoyed visiting with others and especially enjoyed the current events activities. Loren died on Monday, December 7, 2009 at the Estelline Nursing and Care Center at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 21 days.


Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Angie of Estelline; their children, David of Estelline, Rose Marie of Houston, TX and Sherry and her husband Shabbir Rizvi of Castlewood; grandchildren, Jamison, Jared, Jordan, Jarvis and Jericka; two brothers, Lyle and his wife Joan and Rodney and his wife Sally; and a host of other relatives and friends.

Loren was preceded in death by his son and daughter-in-law, Gary and Lori, his grandson Jon, his parents and his beloved dog, Elmo.