Vernon Glenn Lueth, 78, of Bemidji died Monday, July 20, 2009 at Innovis Health in Fargo, North Dakota.
Vern was born November 27, 1930, to John and Elsie (Mielke) Lueth on the farm three miles northeast of Hurdsfield, North Dakota. He attended school and graduated from Hurdsfield High School in 1948.
He attended Concordia College, where he met Virginia Lee Franklin, and he graduated in 1952. They married September 4, 1954 in Roseau, Minnesota.
He served in the Army from 1952 – 1954 during the Korean Conflict with the 10th Infantry Division, 87th Regiment stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas.
He returned to graduate school at the University of Minnesota, graduating with a Masters Degree in Education in 1955.
Vern had a long and meaningful career in education over 32 years. He was superintendent at Grand Marais where the family lived from 1974 – 80.
Over his lifetime, Vern was active in Lions Club, Rotary Club, church and many community boards, committees and activities in every community in which he lived. In 1986, the Minnesota Association of Educational Office Professionals elected him Administrator of the Year, and in 2006 he was honored with the Regent’s Award at Concordia College. He was also named a Bush Educational Leader.
Vern had a life long love of travel and traveled extensively with his family and friends, was an amazing history buff, as well as being an avid sports fan and civic events supporter. He loved hunting, gardening, reading, but most of all his extended family.
Vern was a dedicated caregiver for his spouse for many years providing incredible support and attention to her every need.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia Lueth of Bemidji; four children John (Cindy) Lueth of Bemidji; Joan Lueth of Beijing, China; Sue (Mark) Read of Deephaven, MN; Jennifer Ruigh of Bemidji; six grandchildren; two sisters Lorna (F.A.) Zirbel of Bowdon, ND; Doris (Arnold “Casey”) Stengel of Brainerd, MN; two sisters-in-law, Kay (Roger) (Franklin) Strandlie of Walker, MN and Judy (Franklin) Loeffler of Walker, MN.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Memorials are preferred to Struthers Parkinson Center in Minneapolis, Calvary Lutheran Church, Operation Bootstrap Tanzania, and Concordia College in Moorhead.
The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 24, 2009 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Bemidji, MN with Rev. Genelle Netland officiating. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Bemidji with military honors by the Bemidji VFW Post # 1260.
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