\" {mosimage}  Chaska – Luverne L. “Vern” Hartley, 85, of Chaska and formerly Thief River Falls, died peacefully surrounded by family on April 24, 2007.
    Funeral services were held on  Friday, April 27 at 10:30 a.m. at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church, West Campus, 7150 Rolling Acres Rd., Victoria.
    Vern served in the US Army, 67th Signal Battalion in Europe and South Pacific during WWII. He was a member of the American Legion, a U of M graduate. Employed at Soo Line Railroad as a telegrapher. He served as a court reporter for Pennington County 20 years of his 38 year career.
    He loved RV'ing, boating, hunting, biking and was a voracious reader. He was an amateur radio operator, had a lifelong appreciation for music. Vern felt much compassion for the underprivileged and he was greatly loved by his family. Burial at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.
    He was preceded in death by parents and infant son, Richard. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Dorothy; sons, Paul (Michelle), Tim (Annie) and Tom (Kris); five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one brother, Ray (Joyce).
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