LEST WE FORGET 171 GRUNERUD, Allan WWII Allan Grunerud was born in the Red Cross Hospital in Broderick on September 5, 1925, and attended Wheat Plains, a one-room school near the family farm south of Broderick. Allan was farming when he enlisted in the Canadian Army. However, he was still in training when the war ended in 1945. Following the war, he returned to farming. He married Rose Jersak in 1947 and they had two children: Brian and Gail. Rose also contributed to the war effort by working in a munitions factory in Batawa, ON, where the top floor of the Bata Shoe Company was converted to a production line for munitions. Rose and Allan moved to Outlook in 1966, where he worked with the PFRA until his retirement in 1986. He passed away on April 14, 2002 and is buried in the Outlook Cemetery. GRUNERUD, James Albert WWII James was born on December 11, 1917 in Waseca, Minnesota, and moved with his parents Mina and Albert Grunerud to a farm south of Broderick when he was six months old. He attended the Wheat Plains one-room school. He served Canada in World War II with the First Armoured Regiment (Royal Canadian Dragoons) from 1940 to 1945. He saw action in virtually all of the European Theatre of Operations (UK, Sicily, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany). Following an Honourable Discharge, he enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1946 and earned BA and BEd degrees. He married Muriel Morton on May 1, 1946. They had one son, Terry. Moving back to the USA in 1950, James earned an MA and a PhD. He had a distinguished career as a professor at St. Cloud University in Minnesota. He enjoyed wood carving, oil painting and genealogy. James Grunerud passed away on January 13, 2010. GRUNERUD, Howard Lloyd WWII Howard Lloyd Grunerud was born in Waseca, Minnesota, USA, on April 25, 1913. He moved to the Broderick-Outlook District with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Albert Grunerud when he was only four. One of ten Grunerud children, Howard attended Wheat Plains School. He operated a service station in Delhi, ON, starting in 1935 before moving to Wadena where he enlisted in 1941. Before being sent overseas, he married Myrtle Statland. They had two daughters: Mina and Linda. During his years in Europe, where he served as a mechanic in the military, he was wounded, spent several months in hospital and eventually returned to Canada in 1945, receiving an Honourable Discharge. He subsequently worked at several jobs but the one that he enjoyed most was the six years that he worked as caretaker at the Wadena School. He retired due to health problems. Howard passed away on June 15, 1977 and is buried in the Green Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery right across the road from his family home south of Broderick.
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