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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.