Walter Lorrain BAGGE

1924 - 2018  (94 years)

• Name	Walter Lorrain BAGGE
  Birth	3 Mar 1924	Traill County, North Dakota
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 May 2018	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  Notes	He served on the Langley (CVL-27) in World War II. He survived his half-sister Shirley who died in June of 2011. At the time of Shirley’s death, he and Juanita lived in Georgia. Walter Lorrain Bagge, 94, of Golden Valley, MN passed away on May 23, 2018 at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN from complications resulting from abdominal surgery. Walter was born on March 3, 1924 in Bingham Twp, Traill County, ND to Edwin and Lydia (Swanson) Bagge. After graduation from Caledonia High School, he married Juanita Gadberry on November 18, 1944 just weeks before he left for active duty in the Navy. During the war, he served on the USS Langley aircraft carrier and was hours out of Toyko Bay when the atomic bomb was used to end the war. The USS Langley was converted to a troop carrier and Walter spent the rest of his Navy service returning German & Italian POWs from the USA to Naples, Italy and bringing back USA servicemen. Once Walter was discharged in 1946, he attended college at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Upon the death of his father in 1948, Walter and Juanita moved back to his family farm in Traill County, ND where they began expanding and intensifying the farming enterprise for the next four decades; as well as developed a trucking, construction, aggregate and a mining enterprise in AZ with his son. Walter devoted a considerable amount of time serving on church, school and township boards; as well as, years as a soil conservation district supervisor. During their retirement years, Walter and Juanita enjoyed the family lake home in Detroit Lakes, MN and their winter home in AZ where Walter became a Master Wood Carver. They spent years enjoying extended stays with their brothers and sisters throughout CA and AZ before settling in GA close to their daughter Kay. In 2013, they moved to Golden Valley, MN to be close to their son Brad, Susan, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Walter is survived by his sister Donna Benson Portland, OR; his children: Bradley E Bagge (Susan) Golden Valley, MN and Rosalie Kay Hamilton (Bill) Kennesaw, GA; his four grandchildren: Jocelyn Bagge Schmidt (William), Jonathan Bagge (Stephanie), Courtney Bagge MacKall (James) and Matthew Bagge; and, his four great-grandchildren: Sydney Raquel Bagge, August Jacklynn Bagge, Otto Albert Schmidt and Lydia Rose Schmidt. Walter was preceded in death by Juanita, his wife of 73 years on January 30, 2018; his parents; his sisters: Shirley, Ardis, Helen, and Beverly; and his brother John. Family Services, Military Honors and Interment for Walter & Juanita will be at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
  Person ID	I1667	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Edwin Louis BAGGE,   b. 4 May 1894, Roselle, Cook and Dupage Counties, Illinois d. 11 Jan 1948, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Lydia T SWENSON,   b. 22 May 1895, Traill County, North Dakota d. 16 Jan 1932, Traill County, North Dakota (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1919	Clay County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F1196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Juanita GADBERRY,   b. 13 Jan 1925, Hillsboro, Traill County, North Dakota d. 30 Jan 2018, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1944	Clay County, Minnesota
  Family ID	F1200	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2019