Leonard Raddohl

Leonard Hildreth Raddohl, 89, of Coon Rapids, MN passed away Friday, January 31, 2025 at Unity Hospital. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Washburn McReavy Funeral Chapel, 1827 Coon Rapids Blvd. NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433. Visitation will take place 1:00 to 2:00 PM. Burial will take place at the Epiphany Catholic Cemetery in Coon Rapids at a later date. Lennie was born in a farmhouse near Egeland, ND on August 6, 1935 to Leonard E. and Nellie (Hildreth) Raddohl. He was the fourth child of six children. Lennie was of English, German and Welsh descent. Lennie attended country school and then Cando Public School his senior year, graduating in the Class of 1954. As a teenager, he enjoyed horseback riding, playing baseball, trapping and hunting. Shortly after graduating, he married Margaret Eggl on June 23, 1956 where they lived in the Cando area until the early 1970s. Following that he worked farming, building granaries, served in the Army National Guard for 16 years and ran a printing press at Cando Record Herald, did welding, worked at Westland Oil delivering propane, repairing and installing new furnaces. After the family moved to Blaine, MN in 1972 he served in the Army Reserves at Ft. Snelling for 14 years. He began working at Onan in Fridley, MN in 1971 as a Machinist until retiring from there in 1998. Activities he enjoyed over his lifetime were reading history, hunting, fishing, trapshooting, curling, bowling, and snowmobile racing. He accepted the Lord Jesus at a Billy Graham Crusade in 1996. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith after that. He belonged to A.A. for 47 years where he made many lifelong friends. The qualities he most valued in a person were honesty, loyalty and trustworthiness. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, Coon Rapids, MN (married 68 years), six children, Melanie (Mike) Wilber, Cedaredge, CO, Tom Raddohl, Anoka, MN, Mary (Dave) Pehoski, Lino Lakes, MN, Patty Johnson, Big Lake, MN, Lenny Raddohl, Nisswa, MN, Kristi Sorbo, Mendota Heights, MN; 15 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, Royal Raddohl, Rock Lake, ND.

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Leonard Raddohl

August 6, 1935 - January 31, 2025

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Leonard Raddohl

August 6, 1935 - January 31, 2025

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