ELVIN CARLOS SIGRUD HAAGENSON

Elvin C.S. Haagenson, age 99 of Dunseith, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 in his home. Funeral services will be Monday at 10:00 A.M. in the peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith. Burial will be in the Rendahl Cemetery of rural Dunseith. Visitation will be Sunday beginning at 4:00 P.M. in the Peace Lutheran Church in Dunseith.

Elvin Carlos Sigrud Haagenson, a son of Hans and Ida (Sorenson) Haagenson, was born on March 9, 1913 at the family farm Northwest of Dunseith. He was educated at the Beaver Dam Country School. Elvin was confirmed at the Rendahl Church of rural Dunseith. As a young man Elvin loved to play baseball, the “Turtle Mountain Boys”, would load up on Han’s “Model A” and challenge the prairie boys. He made sure his daughters followed his passion for the game. Elvin loved horses, especially the fastest horse around, “Skinny”. In his later years one of his great joys was following the track at Emerald Downs in Auburn, WA. During the depression years he served in the Unites States Conse4vsation Corps. On June 29, 1938 he was married to Dagne Amundson at Rolla. They sought work in various parts of the country but returned to the beauty of the Turtle Mountains. Elvin worked for the Rolette County Road Department for many years. He loved to farm and would check with his grandson to make sure the operation was up to par. Elvin love the woods and would cut two pickup loads of wood a day, bringing the loads from the hills to Dunseith until he was 82 years old. They retired and moved to Dunseith. Dagne passed away on January 19, 1984. Elvin has resided since

He was a member of the Rendahl Church. Elvin was very active in the community, volunteering at the Dunseith Bingo Barn. He was a member of the Dunseith Senior Citizen Center. Elvin most of all loved to play cards. He enjoyed his may friends at the Sky Dancer Casino. Elvin looked forward to the many visits of his grandchildren, great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews and friends. he loved hunting trapping, and fishing and where Dad went the girls went. Elvin though everyone should know how to pull a muskrat tail, shoot a buck and bait a hook. In recent years he enjoyed the comfort of his home, his favorite chair and the company of his caregivers, Deanna Beck and Kaylub and Layton Abbott.

He is survived by daughters, Cheryl Haagenson of Dunseith and Janet and her husband Bernd Sedlacek of Great Falls, MT; son-in-law, Orville Grenier of Rolette; 9 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; caregivers, Deanna Beck and Kaylub and Layton Abbott.

Elvin was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Dagne; infant brother, Raymond and brother Willard; sister, Alice Christianson; and daughter Margaret Grenier.