May 31, 1930 - Oct. 1, 2006
WILLMAR -- Owen Harvey Flaata, 76, of Willmar, formerly of the Sacred Heart area, died Sunday at Parkview Home in Belview.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Peterson Brothers Funeral Home in Willmar.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Military honors will be provided by Milton Barber V.F.W. Post 3871 of Granite Falls.
He was born May 31, 1930, near Belview to Oscar and Adella (Knutson) Flaata. He grew up and received his education in the Belview and Sacred Heart area. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1952 to 1954.
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He married Carol Haselwood on Nov. 9, 1956, in Minot, N.D. They lived in the Sacred Heart area. He worked as an automotive mechanic. They retired in 1992 and moved to Lake Calhoun near Spicer. They moved to Willmar in 2004.
He was a life member of the Granite Falls VFW.
He is survived by his wife; children: Jan (and Jeff) Dahl of New London, Margo (and Keith) Holien of Spicer, Denise Hammre of Sacred Heart, Ruth (and Jeff) Goldenstein of Kerkhoven, Bruce (and Lynn) Flaata of Granite Falls, Russell (and Kim) Flaata of Granite Falls; 14 grandchildren; and six brothers: Merlyn (and Carol) Flaata of Minneapolis, LeRoy (and Janice) Flaata of Lobster Lake, Dennis (and Marcene) Flaata of Lake Amelia, Orlan (and Kathleen) Flaata of Hutchinson, Floyd (and Jan) Flaata of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Arden (and Marjorie) Flaata of Sacred Heart.
He was preceded in death by one son-in-law: Donald Hammre.
