Benjamin Segerstrom

Benjamin Franklin Segerstrom, 89, of Red Wing, died Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Cedarview Nursing Home in Owatonna. He was born May 8, 1917 in Forest City, Iowa to Albert and Hilma (Johnson) Segerstrom. He graduated from Forest City High School in 1934 and then attended Waldorf College. On August 17, 1940 he married Sylvia Hall in Lisbon, Iowa. He farmed with his brother until 1949 and then moved to Red Wing, where he lived and farmed in the country for 39 years and was a part-time mail carrier. In 1980 they moved off the farm and he became a mail carrier full-time. Sylvia died in 1991. He married Muriel Lindeman in December of 1991 in Owatonna, Minnesota. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Red Wing and later a member of First Covenant Church. For the past 24 years, he has wintered in Texas and he enjoyed golfing and music. He is survived by his wife, Muriel Lindeman-Segerstrom of Owatonna; son, Bruce (Juli) of Hager City and Joan (David) Sharp of Brooklyn Park; 5 step-children, Barbara (Michael) McGaughan of Normal, Ill., Dean Lindeman of St. Paul, David Lindeman of Minneapolis, Steven Lindeman of LaCrosse, Wis. and Clarice (Victor) Richardson of Owatonna; 5 grandchildren ad 6 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Sylvia; daughter, Beverly Ruble; 3 brothers, Milton, Robert and Charles and 1 sister, Mildred Peterson. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at First Covenant Church with Reverend Tim Anderson officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Byron Glem, Victor Richardson, Steven and David Lindeman, Lowell Segerstrom and Dick Ruble. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Monday at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel and for one hour prior to the service at the church.