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Evan Joseph Granrud, 85, passed away on Friday, April 4, 2014, due to natural causes.

A celebration of Evan's life was on April 8, at Bell Tower Funeral Home in Post Falls, Idaho, with Pastor David Ophus officiating. A memorial service at Opheim Lutheran Church with interment at Opheim Cemetery will be 1 p.m. May 17.

He was born in Portal, N.D., on Dec. 25, 1928, to Elmer and Clara (Lee) Granrud. He was the oldest of six children and attended school in Portal.

He married Muriel Nygaard on Sept. 25, 1946, and they had two daughters, Julie and Sandra.

He worked as a Soo Line locomotive att...