Alden S. Thykeson, 88,
Breckenridge
,
MN
, died Saturday, September 26, 2009, at the
Veterans
Affairs
Medical
Center
,
Fargo
,
ND
. The Funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 30, at
Breckenridge
Lutheran
Church
, Breckenridge with Rev. Mark Manning officiating. Gathering of friends and relatives will be held one hour prior to time of service on Wednesday at the church.
Inurnment will be held at
Ft.
Snelling
National
Cemetery
,
Minneapolis
,
MN
.
Arrangements are with the Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton.
Alden Sylvester Thykeson was born June 30, 1921, at
Portland
,
ND
, the son of Christian and Anna (Hoff) Thykeson.
He grew up and attended school at
Portland
until 1932 when he graduated from the 7
th
grad to 8
th
grade.
In 1932 he and his Dad, Mother, Sister, and Brother moved to
Clifton
,
TX
.
When Al started school in the fall of 1932, he had to take the 7
th
grade over because he had not had
Texas
history.
He moved back to the
Portland
area in 1935
and
graduated from
Portland
High School
in 1939.
He then attended and graduated from
Fargo
Business
College
.
Al’s first job out of
Business
School
was with the Lillegard Chevrolet Dealership in Wahpeton, ND
.
He enlisted in the US Army in 1943 and was sent to the
University
of
ND
in
Grand Forks
,
ND
for Signal Corp Training.
He was sent from
Grand Forks
to
Camp
Kohler
in
Sacramento
,
CA
.
From 1943 until 1946 he served over seas in the China-Burma-India Theater Signal Corp building communication lines from
Calcutta
,
India
, and
KunMing
,
China
.
Al was discharged in 1946 from
Ft. Lewis
,
WA
.
At this time he returned to his job with Lillegard Chevrolet in Wahpeton.
Al married Lois Leinen in Wahpeton on June 6, 1947.
In 1952 they moved to
Detroit Lakes
,
MN
and Al got a job with Baker Buick.
The couple
moved to
Phoenix
,
AZ
in 1957
and moved back to
Detroit
Lakes
where Al worked for Schiller Insurance.
Al later started his own Accounting/Bookkeeping Business in the 1960’s, and served several businesses, groups and churches in the
Detroit
Lakes
area.
Al retired in 1987, at which time he became Secretary/Treasurer of the Recreation Bowling League until 1997.
In 1998 when Lois retired they sold most of their belongings and home in
Detroit
Lakes
and did what they had always planned to do --- and that was to travel, while both of them were in good health. In their
travels since 1998 they had visited many states, families, and friends. They moved to Breckenridge in 2003, where they have since resided.
Al was a member of
First
Lutheran
Church
,
Detroit
Lakes
and was currently a member of
Breckenridge
Lutheran
Church
and also belonged to John Bridges American Legion Post No. 15,
Detroit Lakes
,
MN
. His hobbies included bowling and golf.
Alden is survived by his wife Lois, Breckenridge; his sister, Dorothy Halvorson,
Omaha
,
NE
; his two nephews, Curt Halvorson,
Omaha
,
NE
and Stephen Thykeson,
Texas
; his two nieces, Kristie Blegen,
Woodbury
,
MN
and Regie Ann Thykeson,
Dallas
,
Texas
; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother Trygve Thykeson and his brother-in-law, Darvin Halvorson.
