Roger O. Pitsenbarger

Roger Orrin Pitsenbarger died Sunday, December 19, 2004.Roger was born in Ulen, Minnesota, on December 3, 1921, to John and Nettie Asleson Pitsenbarger. The family later moved to Moorhead where Roger grew up and graduated from Moorhead High School. Roger married Elsie Ryan of Fargo on September 12, 1944. He graduated from North Dakota State University in 1943 and from the University of North Dakota Law School in 1947.In 1947, Roger and Elsie moved to Moorhead and Roger started Transport, Inc., a bulk petroleum carrier, which operated in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and South Dakota. He also owned Kordel, Inc., which operates several Slumberland franchises in Minnesota.Roger is survived by his wife, Elsie Pitsenbarger of Fargo; his sister, Jean Erickson, Moorhead; four daughters, Beth Larry Mickelberg Colman, Fargo, Joan James Kath, Moorhead, Kay James Carvey, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and Lisa William Kirkpatrick, Chanhassen, Minnesota; two sons, Jeff Karen, Moorhead, and Mark Laurie, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and seventeen grandchildren.Roger was preceded in death by his parents, John and Nettie Pitsenbarger, and his in-laws George and Grace Ryan.