Sidney Duane Myhre passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021, after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his loving family at his rural Red Lake Falls home.
The funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 3:00 PM at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls, MN with Reverend Jeffrey Lytle officiating. Burial will be held at Oak Grove Cemetery near Red Lake Falls, MN.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church.
Sidney Duane Myhre was born January 10, 1940, in Grand Forks, ND son of Sidney Arthur and Dorothy (Braaten) Myhre. He was raised on a farm near Manvel, North Dakota until 1954, when the family purchased farmland near Brooks, MN. He graduated from Pershing High School in Plummer, MN on May 22, 1958. During high school he worked for area farmers and custom harvesting in the southern states, working their way back to Minnesota.
On November 29, 1958, Duane was united in marriage to Barbara Jane Farden at McIntosh, MN. The couple lived in Crookston, Mentor, West of Terrebonne and finally settling on the farm East of Terrebonne where they farmed and raised their six children.
Duane worked for American Crystal Sugar in East Grand Forks and was an ironworker. Duane was very proud of the buildings he helped construct, some of which included the Red Lake Falls Elementary School, Columbia Mall, United Hospital in Grand Forks, and missile sites in North Dakota. In 1980, he left his job as an ironworker to farm full-time until his retirement in 2009.
He enjoyed restoring John Deere tractors, hunting, fishing, playing cards, camping at Lake of the Woods, snowmobiling, dancing with Barbara, farming with his son, and visiting with family and friends. He served as a supervisor of Terrebonne Township for 34 years, was a member of Tri-River Pioneer Museum in Plummer and the Red Lake Falls Sportsman Club. He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls.
Duane is survived by his children Vickie (Tim) Olson of Fertile, MN, Randy (Josie) Myhre of Red Lake Falls, MN, Jody (Howard) Gudvangen of Fertile, MN, Darin (Val) Myhre of Red Lake Falls, MN, Tammy (Marty) Audette of Thief River Falls, MN and Stacy (Jody) Beauchane of Fertile, MN: Grandchildren Danielle (Andy) MacDonald, Bryce (Ashley McLaren) Olson, Aaron (Rebecca) Myhre, Amanda (Mike) Dailing, Matthew (Kaylee) Audette, Austin (Bailee Nordheim) Audette, Jozi (Kyle) Nupson, Cody Beauchane, Wyatt Beauchane, Alea Beauchane, and Erin Beauchane; great-grandchildren Lauren and Marcus MacDonald, Jackson, Connor and Hannah Myhre, Peyton Dailing, Karter Audette and Pippa Nupson: sister Shirley Wheaton of Arizona, brothers Wes (Jan Johnson) Myhre of Brooks, MN and Rodney (Charlene) Myhre of Thief River Falls, MN; brother-in-law Derald Carpenter of Aurora, MN, sisters-in-law Ann Schear of Erskine, MN, brother-in-law Gordy (Marilyn) Farden of Dayton, MN: brother-in-law Marvin Schear of Red Lake Falls, MN along with many nieces, nephews and cousins.
He is preceded in death by his wife Barbara Myhre, parents Sidney and Dorothy Myhre, grandsons Nicholas Olson and Kyle Myhre, siblings Audrey Carpenter, Larry (Lynn) Myhre and David Myhre, sisters-in-law Carolyn Myhre, Beverly (RO) Lindsey, Betty (Laurel) Schear, Darlene Schear, brothers-in-law Bernard (Marie) Farden, Richard Farden, and Chester Schear.
CASKET BEARERS: Bryce Olson, Aaron Myhre, Matthew Audette, Austin Audette, Cody Beauchane, Wyatt Beauchane and Bob Schear.
In lieu of flowers please consider a memorial to Tri River Pioneer Museum, Plummer, MN.
Covid 19 masking would be greatly appreciated.
Condolences may be sent at www.johnsonfuneralservice.com
Tags:
