{"id":215744,"date":"2020-12-28T05:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215744"},"modified":"2020-12-28T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T21:24:53","slug":"orlo-sund-dec-24-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=215744","title":{"rendered":"Orlo Sund – Thursday December 24, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Local farmer Orlo Sund passed away on Thursday 12\/24\/2020 at Eventide Nursing Home in Jamestown, under Hospice Care.Orlo was born at home on November 23rd<\/sup>, 1931 to Carl and Olga (Oleson) Sund. He was raised on various farms until 1951 when the family purchased a farm south of Cleveland.He attended Country Schools until 8th<\/sup> grade, then attended Cleveland High School, graduating as Valedictorian in 1949. Orlo was very involved in 4-H, Baseball, and Basketball. He served in the US Army from 1952 to 1954, serving in Fort Maddox, NY and attaining the rank of Sergeant.<\/p>\n

After being honorably discharged from the service Orlo returned to the family farm and continued his lifelong commitment to being a steward of the land as a farmer.\u00a0 He farmed with his father and uncle, Lynn Oleson.\u00a0 He took great pride in his livestock, milking cows, herding cattle, and raising sheep.<\/p>\n

He was a sportsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, golfing, and bowling.\u00a0 He met the love of his life, Shirley Wilen, and they were married on February 16th<\/sup>, 1980.\u00a0 Together they lived in the house Orlo built with his father and brothers in law on the family farm and continued to farm and ranch there.\u00a0 They traveled to many locations, returning with stories to share with family and friends. Orlo and Shirley welcomed several foreign exchange students into their home and family, over the years.\u00a0 The coffee was always on for visits from family and friends.<\/p>\n

Orlo was a long-time board member of the Dakota Valley Rural Electric Cooperative and served as Sinclair township supervisor for many years.\u00a0 He was active in the Gackle Country Club, bowling leagues, and pool leagues.\u00a0 He was a member of the American Legion.<\/p>\n

Orlo was an amazing Husband, Son, Brother, and Uncle.\u00a0 He was an excellent example of what a gentleman should be.\u00a0 His nephews and nieces were blessed to have him as a mentor, and role model.\u00a0 They never saw him angry, heard a cross word, or heard him cuss.\u00a0 They can tell you countless stories of fishing trips, gopher hunting, carpentry, woodworking, gardening, farming, and ranching with him.\u00a0 He was a man of unending patience, loyalty, and understanding.\u00a0 He will be greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing him.<\/p>\n

Orlo is survived by his sister Lois (Robert) Grabinger, Jamestown, ND, Brother-in-Law Dale and Claudia Wilen, Cheyenne, WY, and Sister-in-law Ann Homola (Ted), Hazel, SD. Many nieces and nephews, grand nieces and nephews, great grand nieces and nephews, and family friends the Larsons.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his wife Shirley, his parents, sisters Mona (Marvin) Hintzman, and Iola (Robert) Grabinger. Family dogs Pep and Rowdy.<\/p>\n

In lieu of Flowers, please send memorials to Hospice of the Red River Valley<\/p>\n

Graveside Service:<\/strong> 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 31, 2020 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, ND.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Local farmer Orlo Sund passed away on Thursday 12\/24\/2020 at Eventide Nursing Home in Jamestown, under Hospice Care.Orlo was born at home on November 23rd, 1931 to Carl and Olga (Oleson) Sund. He was raised on various farms until 1951 when the family purchased a farm south of Cleveland.He attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":215745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=215744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215753,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215744\/revisions\/215753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/215745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=215744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=215744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=215744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}