Robert John Frydenlund

Memorial services for Robert John Frydenlund, age 90, of Albert Lea, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 30, 2011 at First Lutheran Church.  Rev. Daniel Baker will officiate.  Interment will be in the Hayward Cemetery.  Military honors will be accorded by area servicemen’s organizations. Visitation will be from 5-7:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.

Robert died on Monday, June 27, 2011 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems Albert Lea.

Robert John Frydenlund was born on November 3, 1920 in Hayward Township, the son of John and Hildegarde (Magelssen) Frydenlund.  He grew up in the Hayward area and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1938.  Robert was inducted into the armed forces in October of 1942.  He served with the Army Airforce Transport Command as an Aircraft Instrument Specialist and was stationed in India. On November 10, 1946, Robert was united in marriage to Marion Jean Arneson at East Freeborn Lutheran Church.  Robert worked for Olson Motors as a service manager, mechanic, and car salesman.  He also worked for Big A Auto Parts as an auto parts salesman. Robert was a member of First Lutheran Church, the VFW, and the American Legion.  He enjoyed playing baseball in his younger years, watching the Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings, gardening, and working on his lawn mowers and tractors.

Survivors include his children Gerald and his wife Carol, John and his wife Maureen, Richard, and Barbara and her husband Richard Wichmann; grandchildren Travis and his wife Denise, Kirsten, Angi and her husband Tim Bolin, and Tony and his wife Christian; great-grandchildren Alycia and Boston Bolin, Kylie,  Avery and Tyler Frydenlund; sister Ann Dockwell; sisters-in-law  Maurine Frydenlund, Shirley Frydenlund, Carol Westland, Dorothy Westland, and Grace Arneson; and many nieces and nephews.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Marion; his mother-in-law and father-in-law; brothers Joel, David, Harold, and Freeman; brothers-in-law Elmer Dockwell, Alton Arneson, Earl Westland, Luverne Westland, and Alvin Jensen, and his sisters-in-law Bobby Frydenlund Rose Frydenlund, and Arlene Jensen.