Wallace O. Mahlum

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Wallace Orville Mahlum, age 94, of Glyndon, MN, died December 17, 2024, Eventide, Moorhead, MN. Wallace was born October 8, 1930, in Fertile, MN to Edwin and Emma (Frisvold) Mahlum. He was baptized at home on November 8, 1930, and was confirmed on October 15, 1944 in Egelund Lutheran Church, rural Detroit Lakes, MN. He became a member of Glyndon Lutheran Church on May 17, 1959. 

He was raised on a farm near Gary, MN until his family moved to another farm outside of Richwood, MN when he was 13 years old. Wally graduated from high school in Detroit Lakes, MN. On December 5, 1951 he married Colleen Connell and they made their home in Richwood for several years while he worked for Ernest C Anderson Gravel. After he began working in the parts department for Kost Brothers, Inc., Moorhead, MN, they moved to Glyndon, MN where they raised their four children. He worked for Kost Brothers until his retirement.

A work-related arm injury at the age of twenty-two caused him lifelong chronic pain, but he never let it limit what he could do or keep him from enjoying life to the fullest extent. He liked visiting with family and friends and always loved a good story or joke and had a wonderful sense of humor. He joined the guys at deer hunting camp into his 80’s and also went on several fishing trips to Canada that he thoroughly enjoyed. During his retirement years, he spent many hours working on projects at their lake property on Buffalo Lake. Wally had a very creative and inventive mind and was always thinking about new projects and ways of doing them. He was an avid reader and kept up with the news and current events. When time permitted, he and Colleen went on several road trips. Although their favorite times were spent with their children and grandchildren. 

Wally is survived by his children, Wayne (Jean) Mahlum, Glyndon, MN, Jeffrey Mahlum, Dilworth, MN, Shirleen (Roger) Wyland, Glyndon, MN, twelve grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, two great-great-grandchildren, brother, Virgil Mahlum, brother-in-law, Gary Hagen; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin and Emma Mahlum, wife, Colleen Mahlum, son, Joey Mahlum, sisters, Edwina Gebeke, Donna Larsen, Gloria Hagen. 

The family of Wally Mahlum gratefully acknowledges your many kind expressions of sympathy during their time of loss. They also sincerely thank the staff in the memory care and skilled nursing units at Eventide, Moorhead, and Hospice of the Red River Valley for their outstanding care to their father.

A Visitation for Wallace will begin at 10:00 AM, Monday, December 23, 2024, followed by his Funeral Service at 11:00 AM, in Korsmo Funeral and Cremation Service, Moorhead.

He will be laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery, Glyndon, MN

(Korsmo Funeral and Cremation Service, Moorhead, MN)