Irid A. Eitreim, 79, Garretson, S.D., formerly of Beaver Creek, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2001, at Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne.
Services were Monday, Nov. 12, at Palisade Lutheran Church, rural Garretson. A private family burial was in West Palisade Cemetery.
Irid Eitreim was born to Willie and Julia Eitreim on April 14, 1922, in Rock County. He graduated from Beaver Creek High School in 1940. He entered the U.S. Army in 1942 and served in the 101st Airborne from November 1942 until December 1945, serving in Normandy, France, Holland, Bastogne, Belgium and Germany.
He married Caryl Jones on April 22, 1948, at Red Bank, N.J. He moved back to Rock County and farmed until 1984. He then worked for Southwest Mutual Insurance Co. until 1997.
One of his life pleasures was singing. Mr. Eitreim was a member of the Rock-Minnehaha Male Chorus and Norse Glee Club. He also served on the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board and was a member of the Garretson American Legion. He was a member of Palisade Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Caryl Eitreim, Garretson; two sons, Jeffrey Eitreim and his wife, Dianne, Long Lake, and Gregory Eitreim, Champlin; one daughter, Nancy Vikman and her husband, Edwin, Denver, Colo.; three grandchildren, Stephanie Bowron, Scott Eitreim and Steven Eitreim; two great-grandchildren, Isak Bowron and Caleb Bowron; seven brothers and sisters, Bernice Miller, Dorothy Oien, both of Sioux Falls, Shirley Knowlton, Austin, Warren Eitreim, Parker, S.D., Donald Eitreim, Lady Lake, Fla., Mildred Larson, Armour, S.D., and Milton Eitreim, Sun Lakes, Ariz., and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be directed to the Palisade Cemetery Association or the Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Minnehaha Funeral Home, Garretson, was in charge of arrangements.