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1917 Harvey 2006

Harvey Edwin Moothart

September 7, 1917 — February 12, 2006

Eddie was born September 7, 1917, in Opheim, Montana, son of Harvey and Harvene Cookson Moothart who homesteaded in Eastern Montana in the early 1900's. Eddie was the youngest of their 4 children. His father, Harvey, died in the flu epidemic of 1918. Eddie also had a younger half-brother and half-sister. In 1935, he was in the first class graduating from Froid, MT High School. He moved with his mother and step-father, Henry Barr, to Warren, MN in 1937. He married Adeline Myrfield in Warren, MN, September 1941. Eddie farmed in the Warren area. He and Adeline moved to St. Hilaire, MN in 1950 where they continued to farm. In 1959, they bought a farm in Gonvick, MN. In addition to farming, Eddie spent his later working years as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. In retirement, he and Adeline lived in Alvarado and Hawley, MN. They moved to Sunnyside Care Center near Lake Park, MN in November of 2005.He is survived by his wife of 64 years, three children, Diane Dale Refshaw, Fridley, MN, Joan Bob Wallace, West Hickory, PA, and Mark Moothart of Hawley, MN; sister, Vivian Hoye, Kalispell, MT, and half-sister Betty Osborne, Denver, CO; 7 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father, sister, Katherine Barr; brother, Richard, and half-brother Robert Barr.

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