\\"\"\" New Ulm – Dale Lundgren, 77, of  New Ulm, died Sunday, February 19, 2006 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. 
 Funeral service will be held at 10:30  a.m. Wednesday, February 22 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with Rev. Todd Nelsen officiating. Interment with full military honors conducted by the New Ulm veterans organizations will follow in the soldier’s rest section of the  New Ulm City Cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
  Dale Henry Lundgren, the son of George and Fern (Hitt) Lundgren was born  August 18, 1928 in Brainerd. After graduating from  Brainerd High School in 1946, Dale entered the United States Army, serving in  Korea.  Following his honorable discharge in 1948, he returned to Brainerd where he worked for the State of Minnesota Fisheries Department. 
 Dale was united in marriage to Dolores Snell February 5, 1951 in Brainerd. They continued to make their home in Brainerd for a time, before moving their family to the Los Angeles area where Dale worked for an aviation company. They returned to Brainerd where he took a position with Potlatch Paper Company. He also built and operated his own greenhouse business. They moved to  West Chicago,  Ill., where Dale was employed by Pan American Plant Company. The family moved to New Ulm in 1978 where Dale managed the New Ulm Greenhouse which he later purchased, renaming it Holiday Growers. After health concerns caused his retirement from the growing business, Dale wrote a column called “Gardening Today” for the New Ulm Journal. He also published a book by the same name which was a chronology of his newspaper columns. After his wife died December 9, 1999, Dale continued to make his home in New Ulm where he was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church and the American Legion.
  Survivors include sons, Michael Lundgren and his wife Shirley of Thief River Falls, Brian Lundgren and his wife Jennie of Norwood, Colin Lundgren and his wife Wendy of Independence; daughters, Patrice Gonzales and her husband Joe of New Ulm, Tamara Neidecker and her husband David of New Ulm; twelve grandchildren, Charles and Jeff Lundgren, Lanie and Bodie Lundgren, Samantha, Zachary and Andrew Lundgren, Megan and Kelsey Gonzales, Kelly, Ryan and Leah Neidecker; two great grandchildren, Cooper Martens and Alex Lundgren; sister, Betty Hierlinger of Blaine; nieces and nephews.
 In addition to his parents and wife, Dale was preceded in death by a great-grandchild, Cody Lundgren; brother, Alan (Bud) Lundgren; and sister, Iris Dunn.
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