Roger Boldt

Roger Leland Boldt, 64 of Red Wing died on Monday, December 7, 2009 at his home surrounded by family after a 10 month battle with cancer. He was born on August 3, 1945 in Red Wing to Lester and Irene (Miller) Boldt. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School and then joined the Red Wing National Guard serving from 1963 to 1967. He graduated from Lee School of Barbering in 1966 and then began working at Miller Barbershop in Red Wing. On August 28, 1965 he was married to Gloria Siewert and they lived in St. Paul. In 1968 Roger started working at Bill's Distributing and later owned and operated the distributorship until 1985. He then drove bus for Lee Lines, and was a laborer at Prairie Island Nuclear Plant during outages and worked at Jostens until they closed. More recently he was working at Lakeside Barbershop in Lake City.

Roger was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sons of Norway, Leo C. Peterson American Legion Post #54, Red Wing Wildlife League, Red Wing Elks BPOE #845, Ducks Unlimited and Pheasants Forever. He helped promote and fund raise for the Bergwall Arena. The American Cancer Mississippi Shuffle was an idea he had and helped bring to Red Wing, and was a volunteer for 20 years. He was a happy volunteer for everything Gloria got him involved in. He loved spending time with his grandchildren and watching the Mississippi go by at the family's cabin. He was a fisherman and hunter, but his favorite past time was grooming the lawn at the cabin. He lived for mowing the grass! He enjoyed fishing on the Mississippi, Lake Wapogasset, and Lake Michigan. His hunting days were many with his sons and grandsons. He enjoyed many hunting trips with his boys, his father-in-law, Bill Siewert in Minnesota, Wyoming and Canada. From ducks to deer to moose, Roger was happy.

Survivors include his wife, Gloria; three children, Wade (Sheryle) Boldt of Red Wing, Scott (Mandi) Boldt of Mazeppa and Monica (Willie) Root of Red Wing; thirteen grandchildren, K.C. and Josie Boldt, Brady, Kaylie and Misty Boldt, Mariah and Chenoa Boldt, Bruce Warnke, Kayson Morset, Madison and Kaden Erie and Mason and Nelson Root; his father, Lester Boldt of Red Wing; one brother, Dick (Marilyn) Boldt of Hager City; his mother-in-law, Frances Siewert and one sister-in-law, Gayle Siewert both of Red Wing and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother, Irene and two grandsons, Cody Boldt and Austin Erie.

Memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Kristen Schlauderaff officiating. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren. Visitation will be on 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec 11 at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel and at the church for one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the Fairview Red Wing Hospice, Red Wing ELC, Bruce Ause Endowment Fund or St. Paul's Lutheran Church.