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Craig Allen KOLSTAD

Male 1951 - 2019  (67 years)

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  • Name Craig Allen KOLSTAD 
    Birth 25 Oct 1951  Goodhue County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Feb 2019  Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lakeside Cemetery, Randolph, Dakota County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Craig “Red” Kolstad, age 67, of Faribault, MN, passed away Tuesday, February 5, 2019, following a nearly two-year journey with cancer.

      Interment will be at Lakeside Cemetery in Randolph, MN .

      Craig Allen was born on October 25, 1951, in Red Wing, MN to Vernon and Marilyn (Berg) Kolstad. He graduated from Randolph High School, class of 1970. He became known as Red and was a member of Laborers Union Local 132, working for many contractors over the years with fencing, tending stone and block, and pouring footings. He was a hard worker and a man of great strength, independent, spiritual, and generous. He loved fishing, gardening, playing cribbage and cards, and coffee.

      Craig is survived by daughter Kacie Kolstad; son Cody Kolstad; significant other Tracy Berry; sisters Vernelle (Bill) Valek, Marsha Kitchel (Duane Everson), and ValRae Kolstad; brother Bradley (Jenny) Kolstad; granddaughter Lucy; ex-wife Laurie Kolstad; aunt Elaine Hernke; uncle LeRoy Hedin, several cousins, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

      He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernon and Marilyn; cousins Mark Olson, Michael Hedin, Brenda Hedin and Rita (Hedin) Root, and uncles, aunts and grandparents.
    Person ID I37012  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2023 

    Father Vernon Roland KOLSTAD,   b. 3 Apr 1919   d. 7 Oct 1979, Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Marilyn Alberta BERG,   b. 13 Nov 1927   d. 26 Feb 2006, Hennepin County, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Family ID F25170  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laurie 
    Family ID F25173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2023