Edward Sundem, 90, Hills, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., after having surgery.
Funeral services were Friday, Dec. 7, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. The Rev. Lowell Berg officiated. Burial was in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery, Hills.
George Edward Sundem was born to Halvor and Mary (Pederson) Sundem on April 14, 1911, near Hills. He attended country school near Hills. After his education he began farming near Hills until 1951. Along with farming he did trucking, sold pigs and Pride seed corn.
He married Rose Nelson on June 3, 1957, in Hills. They lived in Dell Rapids, S.D. Mrs. Sundem died in November 1971. He moved to Hills in July 1977. He married Hannah (Jelle) Forest on Oct. 15, 1977, in Sioux Falls. They lived in Hills. Mrs. Sundem died on Sept. 16, 1999. He moved to Lyon Manor Nursing Home in Rock Rapids, Iowa, in January 1997. He moved to Tuff Memorial Home in Hills on March 18, 1997.
Survivors include one sister-in-law, Palma Sundem, Hills; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mr. Sundem was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, two brothers, Henry and Elmer, and five sisters, Anne Thomas, Tina Erickson, Mollie Beck, Minnie Odde and an infant sister, Alice.
Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.