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Don Wallenberg

Don E. Wallenberg, 87, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, at Avera McKennan Hospice in Sioux Falls.Services were Friday, Jan. 13, at East Side Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls. Don Wallenberg was born March 26, 1918, in Rock County to George and Ragna (Bjerk) Wallenberg. He attended school in Beaver Creek and worked as a hired hand for relatives and friends in the area. On March 7, 1947, he married Leona Kasemodel. After farming near Hardwick for two years, they moved to Sioux Falls, where he worked in the curing department for John Morrell & Company for 31 years. After his retirement in 1980 he enjoyed several winters in Tempe, Ariz., and summer vacations in Northern Minnesota.Mr. Wallenberg attended East Side Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Local 304A Union and a member of the Moose Lodge. He enjoyed reading, walking, fishing and spending time with his family.He is survived by his wife; two sons, Gail (Colleen) Wallenberg, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Steven (Debra) Wallenberg, Sioux Falls; three grandchildren, Nicole (Quinn) Damgaard, Council Bluffs, Joshua Wallenberg, Omaha, Neb., and Callie Wallenberg, Sioux Falls; one great-granddaughter, Brooklyn Damgaard, Council Bluffs; and one brother, Orland (Lillian) Wallenberg, Sioux Falls.He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Raymond and Eugene, and two sisters, Rosella Kolsrud and Darlene Herrmann.Chapel Hill Funeral Home of Sioux Falls was in charge of arrangements.

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