Roger Harry OPHUS

1929 - 2012  (82 years)

• Name	Roger Harry OPHUS
  Birth	15 Aug 1929	Polk County, Minnesota
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Feb 2012	Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  Burial	Rodnes Lutheran Cemetery, Erskine, Polk County, Minnesota
  Notes	Roger Harry Ophus, 82, of Fergus Falls, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. A memorial service is planned at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Bigwood Event Center in Fergus Falls, with the Rev. David Veum officiating. Burial will be in Rodnes Lutheran Cemetery in Erskine. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Bigwood Event Center. Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls is in charge of arrangements. Memorials are preferred to the Humane Society, the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Condolences may be sent online at www.olsonfuneralhome.com Roger Ophus, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012, at Broen Memorial Home in Fergus Falls. He was born Aug. 15, 1929, in Crookston, the son of Harry and Anne (Knudson) Ophus. He spent his growing up years on a farm near Erskine, a farm which is still in the family and is now designated as a Century Farm. He attended country school for seven years, and then the Northwest School of Agriculture in Crookston graduating in 1945. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on April 3, 1951, serving in Korea and Japan. He was discharged on Jan. 22, 1955. Roger then attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D., graduating in 1958, with a degree in Business Administration. He was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity at UND. On Jan. 30, 1960, he married Mona Lundmark in Rice Lake, Wis. The couple lived in various locations including Rice Lake and LaCrosse, Wis., Minneapolis, Kansas City, Mo., Des Moines and Cresco, Iowa, and Stoughton, Wis. They moved to Fergus Falls in 1974. Over the years Roger was employed with the Pillsbury Company and Butler Manufacturing. He was the owner of the Big Chief Café in Fergus Falls, and most recently served as the executive director of the local American Red Cross chapter until his retirement. Roger was a lifetime member of the YMCA, VFW and American Legion, as well as Ducks Unlimited. He enjoyed epic road trips with his wife, Mona (the Navigator), fishing, lake life, saunas and socializing at the Y, and discourse and debate with any and all takers. Later in life he “discovered” this strange new thing called a computer, and so began his exploration of the wonders of the Internet. This allowed him a new way to reach out to old and new friends to continue the debates of life. Roger also loved cooking and he shared this by creating wonderful meals for family and friends at home, at the cabin, and in various hunting and fishing camps across the Northland. Preceding him in death were his parents; and his wife, Mona, in 2008. Survivors include his children, Kurt Ophus of Minneapolis, and Tia (Joe) Scarce of Kirkland, Wash.; a granddaughter, Kyrie Scarce; and his siblings, Marjorie (Ira) Mjelde of Erskine, Fred (Donna) Ophus of Granada Hills Calif., and Sandra (John) Delmore of Coon Rapids. Memorials are preferred to the Humane Society, the Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Visitation: One hour prior to the service at the Bigwood Center
  Person ID	I18399	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	24 May 2013

  
  

  Family	Mona Lou LUNDMARK,   b. 20 Aug 1931, Amery, Polk County, Wisconsin d. 15 Apr 2008, Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	30 Jan 1960	Wisconsin
  Family ID	F13331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 May 2013