Gordon Solheim
June 14, 1929-Dec. 31, 2020
Gordon Richard
Solheim, 91, of Platte, SD
passed away Thursday,
December 31, 2020 at
Platte Health Center
Avera.
A Prayer Service for
family was held at their
home in Platte, A Cele-
bration of Life in Platte to
be announced. Memorial
Services will be held at a
later date at Bethany
Lutheran Church in Os-
sian, Iowa with a Commit
tal Service at Bethany
Lutheran Church
Cemetery. Mount Funeral
Home of Platte is assisting
with arrangements.
Gordon Richard
Solheim was born on June
14, 1929 to Knut and
Clara (Thorbjornson)
Solheim on the family
farm in Castalia, IA where
he was also baptized. He
was Confirmed in 1943
and attended High
School. On September 9,
1950 Gordy was united in
marriage to Jeanive
Halverson at Bethel Luth-
eran Church in Grand
Forks, ND. He continued
his education at Lutheran
Brethren Bible College in
Fergus Falls, MN, graduat
ing in 1955 and going on
to complete Seminary in
1957.
Gordon served for over
34 years in the following
churches: Saint James
Lutheran Brethren Church
in Loogootee, IL, Zion
Lutheran Church in Coop-
erstown, ND, Blom Prairie
Lutheran Church in
Toronto, SD at the same
time as Faith Lutheran
Church in Hendricks,
MN, and Bethel Lutheran
Brethren Church in
Antler, ND. During his
time in Toronto, he was
also employed at Flax
Straw Stacks, proud that
even as a Foreman, he
never shied away from the
manual labor. He worked
as a school bus driver as
well before retiring in
1991 and moving to
Platte, SD to be near
Jeanive’s twin sister,
Jeanette Jacobson and
husband, Gaylord.
Gordy enjoyed being
outdoors hunting, walk-
ing, running and spending
time with his family –
combing the two during
family motorcycle rides,
camping trips and while
passing down his love of
Archery to his kids. He
also had a passion for
youth ministry, sharing
God’s word during camp-
ing trips and playing
games. Gordon was a
Prayer Warrior, much of
his time was spent read-
ing and studying the Bi-
ble, he was also an ac-
complished accordion
player.
Grateful for having
shared in Gordy’s life: his
wife of over 70 years,
Jeanive Solheim of Platte,
SD; three children: John J.
(Mary) Solheim of
Bismarck, ND, Rebecca J.
Solheim of Pueblo, CO
and Paul G. Solheim of
Brookings, SD; five
grandchildren: Marisa Lee
Camper, Chelsea Solheim,
Cortney Solheim, Sarah
Solheim and Markus
Solheim; two great
grandchildren: Caleb and
Cayden Camper; along
with many nieces and
nephews.
Gordon was preceded
in death by: an infant son,
Mark Wayne Solheim; his
parents, Knut and Clara
Solheim; two brothers:
Ralph Solheim (in infan-
cy) and George Solheim; a
sister, Betty Osterhus;
parents-in-law, Jentoft
and Josephine Halvorson;
two sisters-in-law: Judy
(Erickson) Egstad and
Jeanette (Gaylord) Jacob-
son; and two
brothers-in-law: Russ Er-
ickson and Bud Egstad.
Memorials in Gordy’s
honor may be directed to:
The Gideons International
Processing Center, PO Box
97251, Washington, DC
20090-7251or
https://www.gideons.org
/donate.
Expressions of sym-
pathy may be extended to
the family through
mountfuneralhome.com.