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Obituary for AMUNDSON


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday February 05, 2009

Mark S. Amundson, 61, of Albuquerque, New Mexico died at his home on Thursday, January 29, 2009. A Memorial Service will be held at All Saints Lutheran Church, 4800 All Saints Road NW, Thursday, February 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Mark was born July 11, 1947 to William R. and Shirley C. Amundson at Fargo, ND. He graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1965. Mark attended Moorhead State University before joining the Army in 1966. He was a Vietnam veteran. Mark moved to Albuquerque, NM where he met and married Lucia Perkins. They have two children, Justin T. of Phoenix, AZ and Tara M. (Lt. Jacob) Guerrero of Stafford, VA. The entire family had just celebrated the marriage of Tara and Jacob in Albuquerque, NM on December 27, 2008. How blessed we are to have those memories to carry with us. He is survived by brothers, Paul R. Amundson (Bonnie) of Oakdale, MN, Jon B. Amundson (Sheila) of Tacoma WA; a sister, Marsha K. Amundson-Maas (Grant) of Charlotte, NC, uncles and aunts, Clifford and Bonnie Opheim, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald and Sandra Edenborg, Minnetonka, MN, many cousins, notably Robert T. Legowski of Fargo, and many nieces and nephews. Mark was preceded in death by his parents, William R. and Shirley C. Amundson; his grandparents Olaf and Regina (Larson) Amundson of Fargo, ND and Clifford M. and Esther A. (Lybeck) Opheim of Moorhead, MN. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo, ND.