Glen Conrad Oveson

Glen Conrad Oveson, the son of Ove and Esther (Jonson) Oveson, was born April 28, 1940 in Aberdeen, South Dakota. After graduating from Aberdeen Central High School, Glen attended Northern State College in Aberdeen for two years and then transferred to the South Dakota School of Mines in Rapid City, SD. He was a member of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and graduated with an Electrical Engineering Degree in 1963. After graduation, Glen worked for Control Data Corporation in Minneapolis for one year before transferring to Florida where he worked at Cape Canaveral as a Customer Engineer on the Air Force Range Safety Impact Predictions System. It was in Florida where he met the love of his life, Gloria Jean Borchardt. They were married in 1967 and moved back to Minnesota to be closer to family and advancement opportunities within Control Data. Glen continued to work for Control Data Systems and Syntegra, a subsidiary of British Telecom until his retirement in 2002.

Glen enjoyed boating, fishing, camping, electronics, building computers, reading, driving his red Miata, fixing anything and everything, working on projects with his children, and spending time with family. He enjoyed his annual camping and fishing trips to Canada with friends, and especially the years his sons went along. He enjoyed traveling especially his trip to Norway to visit his relatives. He was proud of his Norwegian heritage.

Glen was a member of St. Stephen Lutheran Church in Bloomington. He was a volunteer at his church, and volunteered as an IT specialist at VEAP, the local food shelf. Glen was an active member and past-treasurer of the Miata Club of Minnesota.

Glen was a loving and caring son, brother, husband, father and grandfather, and he will be dearly missed.

Glen was preceded in death by his parents, and three half-brothers. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Gloria, and three children – Carolyn (Paul) Stritesky of Eden Prairie MN; Scott (Sally) of Sammamish WA; Dan (Roberta) of Lakeville MN; and four grandchildren –Ryan, Jake, Victoria and Andrew; sister, Karen (Bob) Holman of Portland OR; niece, Jennifer (Mike) Holman-Dodds; nephew, Jeremy (Sarah) Holman and their children; two brothers-in-law, Gene (Marilyn) of Fairmont MN, and Roger (Doris) of Owatonna MN; one sister-in-law, Judy (Wayne) Frank of Cottage Grove MN; and other loving nieces, nephews, and friends.

A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 2, at 2:30pm with visitation one hour prior to the service at St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 8400 France Avenue So., Bloomington MN 55431.In lieu of flowers, the family would prefer memorials to St. Stephen Lutheran Church, 8400 France Avenue South, Bloomington MN 55431; or to VEAP, 9600 Aldrich Avenue So., Bloomington MN 55420.