Thaulow "Sky" Hovda
June 19, 1929 ~ February 13, 2017 (age 87) 87 Years OldShare using:
Funeral services for Thaulow “Sky” Hovda will be 2:00 P.M. Friday February 17, 2017 at Bear Creek Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 P.M. Thursday February 16, 2017 also at Bear Creek Lutheran Church and will continue for 1 hr prior to the service.
Thaulow “Sky” Hovda, age 87, of Wabasha, MN died Monday February 13, 2017 at St Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Wabasha.
Thaulow Norman “Sky” Hovda was born June 19, 1929 on the family farm north of Grand Meadow near Bear Creek to Thaulow and Amalia (Bengtson) Hovda. He attended and graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1948 and attended Collage in Winona for a short time. On June 23, 1950 he was united in marriage to Donna Eastlee. She passed away in 2003. “Sky” was drafted into the United States Army in 1951 and served for approximately 1 year in Korea and Japan before his discharge in 1953. He returned to the family farm and later went to work for Freeborn-Mower Electric where he worked as a lineman for 33 years retiring in 1989. “Sky” was a member of the VFW in Wabasha, was a member of several bowling leagues throughout the years and was also a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Wabasha. He enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, fishing, trapping, tying flies and fly fishing. He also enjoyed hunting for agates and ginseng. “Sky” was a very humble man.
He is survived by his wife Darlene of Wabasha, MN who he was united in marriage on August 5, 2010 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA . Also surviving are his children; Todd (Catherine) Hovda of Kasson, MN, TeriJo Hay of Arlington, TX and Camille (Jeff) Lechnir of Kasson, MN, Step children; Jeff (Koni) Sorensen of Zumbro Falls, MN, Jon (Kelli) Sorenson of Hayward, WI and Rusty (Melanie) Sorenson of Mazeppa, MN, 6 grandchildren, 7 step grandchildren and 5 step great-grandchildren, 1 sister, Amalia (Howard) Paschke of Blue Earth, MN and Hjalmer (Gretchen) Hovda of Progresso, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Donna, two brothers; Herman and Oliver and 3 sisters Margaret, Betsy and Freda.
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