Lloyd V. DeHeer, age 64, of 64921 350th Street, Watkins died Thursday, April 21, 2005 at the St. Cloud Hospital.
Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 2005 at St. John`s Lutheran Church, Kimball with Rev. David Milz officiating. Interment will follow in Concordia Lutheran Cemetery, Fair Haven. Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Saturday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Kimball and one hour prior to services at the church. There will be a prayer service 7 p.m. Saturday.
Lloyd Vernon DeHeer was born December 9, 1940 to the late Marian and Elvera (Kipf) DeHeer in Forest Prairie Township, Meeker County on the farmstead he lived his entire life. He married Florance Gehrke September 23, 1961 at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fair Haven. Lloyd was a farmer, which he dearly loved, and also was a construction equipment operator. He was a member of St. John`s Lutheran Church and former member of Union Local #49. He enjoyed snowmobiling, winter fishing and tractor pulling contests.
He is survived by his wife, Florance of Watkins; four children, Carrie (Mike) Oster of Kimball, Jesse (Patty) DeHeer of Watkins, Candie Fennema of Togo, Jason (Sarah) DeHeer of Watkins; sister, Goldie (Rodney) Amdahl of Harrison, AR; eight granddaughters and 3 step grandsons.
The honorary pallbearers will be Lloyd`s godchildren Becky Schlueter, Wayne Gehrke, Tammy Busche and Barbara Kuechle. Lynn Hoff will be the organist for the service and the arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Kimball.