Bob Rustvold

Please click link to view Full Service https://vimeo.com/731052720 Rustvold, Robert H. Age 99 of Edina, passed away on August 29, 2022. Bob was born December 27, 1922, and due to the death of his father when Bob was two, he lived with his grandmother at Island Lake Minnesota. He attended Country Grade School and High School at the U of M - Crookston, graduating in 1941. He went to San Diego and worked assembling B24 Bombers and left in the fall of 1942, enlisting in the U.S. Air Corps to fly as a Flight Engineer at Hobbs New Mexico Pilot Training Base. On a weekend training flight to Minneapolis in September of 1943, he met Marion Nielsen at a party. With one later visit and many correspondences and phone calls, they were married on December 20, 1943, in Marion's hometown of Sleepy Eye. Bob transferred to March Field, Riverside, California where they lived until Bob was discharged and then moved to Minneapolis. Bob worked for Gamble Stores for five years, advancing to Store Manager. In June of 1951, he resigned to join Minnegasco in Dealer Promotion and Marketing. He took an early retirement in 1981. He also, in the 60's, incorporated Greater Midwest Leasing Autos, Trucks, and Equipment. As it grew, he partnered it out to have a full-time manager and crew. They sold it in 1983. In the 60's and 70's, he built twin bungalow rental units and later used the equity to buy a new 107-unit apartment and a 96-unit low income building in Coon Rapids. Both were sold some years later. Bob and Marion built a winter home in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1982 and sold it in 2001. They joined Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in 1952, where Bob served on the Men's Club Board, Church Council, and ushered for 20 years. He served on the Board of Walker Methodist Corporation and the Board of San Francisco Theological Seminary in California. Bob and Marion travelled extensively through the U.S., Western Europe, Hawaii, Alaska, and Mexico. They took numerous cruises in the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, Hawaii, South Pacific, Alaska, and a fall cruise through Canada and the East Coast to New York City. Bob loved to hunt big game and fish in the U.S., Canada, and Alaska. Bob will be deeply missed by his sons, Bob Jr. and Keith (Lauren); daughter, Lori; 7 grandchildren, and 7 great-grandchildren. Bob is preceded in death by his wife, Marion; daughter, Diane; parents, Harvey and Olivia; grandmother, Elizabeth Whelan; daughter, Sandra; and grandson, Mitchell. A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 2, 2022, at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church (5025 Knox Ave. S., Minneapolis) at 11 AM with visitation one hour prior. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Cathedral of the Pines Camp of Children, C/O Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN. Interment Lakewood Cemetery. Please click link to view livestream: https://mtolivet.org/livestream/

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Bob Rustvold

December 27, 1922 - August 29, 2022

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Bob Rustvold

December 27, 1922 - August 29, 2022

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