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From Great Falls Tribune 12-1-2009:

George Arthur Lindgren Jr., 93, a longtime Great Falls resident and Navy veteran, died of natural causes Friday at a local hospital.

Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at O'Connor Funeral Home. His memorial service is 10 a.m. Dec. 12 at the funeral home, followed by burial with military honors in Manchester Cemetery.

George was born April 22, 1916, in Plentywood to George and Edith Erickson Lindgren. He worked with his father in the management of grain elevators in eastern Montana and in operations at Fort Peck Dam. He met Gertrude Rooney in Circle where she worked as a social worker following her graduation from the University of Montana.
They were married on Valentine's Day, 1942, during a harsh Montana blizzard. They lived in Glasgow from 1942 to 1946. During that time George enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and served as a radio technologist. While in the Navy, he attended electronic schools in Chicago at Navy Pier and at Brigham Young University in Utah. He served in the South Pacific during World War II.

George and Gertrude started their family of six children in Glasgow and relocated to Great Falls in 1946. There they founded the George Lindgren Co., a radio and TV parts distributorship, with salesmen traveling throughout the region. Initially they lived and worked at their downtown store on Central Avenue. In 1950, they moved to their present home on 1st Avenue N.W. They owned and operated a Great Falls-based long-haul trucking company from 1964 until his retirement in 1978.

George is survived by Gertrude, his wife of 67 years, and five children: daughter Marilyn Lindgren of Austin, Texas, Douglas Lindgren (Kathy) of Austin, Henry Lindgren (Nancy) of Great Falls, Tom Lindgren (Norma) of Springfield, Mo., and Frank Lindgren (Ms. Barbara Warriner) of Philadelphia, Pa.; three grandchildren, Alan Lindgren (Kathy) of Memphis, Tenn., Marcela Perez-Abreu, (Dave Tersteeg) of Grand Marais, Minn., and Linsey Kallestad (Sage) of Manhattan, Mont.; and one great-grand child, Rio Perez-Abreu of Grand Marais.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his son, Richard Lindgren of Great Falls; and his sister, Lucille Lindgren of Glasgow.

George enjoyed a long life with the blessing of good health. During his retirement, he pursued many interests. He lived to see his large hand-built windmill installed and generating electricity; and to enjoy riding his Harley Davidson Sportster, which was his 91st birthday gift to himself. He will be truly missed by his family and those whose lives he touched.