George Rudolph Bedard

Male 1909 - 2001  (91 years)


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  • Name George Rudolph Bedard 
    Born 28 Sep 1909  Wright Co., Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Jul 2001  Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried 27 Jul 2007  Evergreen Cem., Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7
    Person ID I103341  cghsm
    Last Modified 24 Apr 2013 

    Father Jean Baptiste Bedard,   b. 23 Jan 1871, Rogers, Wright, MN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1935, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Clara Louise Trombley,   b. 8 Jul 1886, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1964, Dayton, Hennepin, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1905  Fletcher, Hennepin, MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Family ID F44027  Group Sheet

    Family Living 
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     4. James Harry Bedard,   b. 4 Oct 1946, St Louis Co., Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 2007, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
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    Last Modified 23 Mar 2014 
    Family ID F44075  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S24] Baptism Record.

    2. [S124] Birth Index.

    3. [S141] Death Index.
      Name: George Rudolph Bedard; Birth Date: 28 Sep 1909 Birth City: Wright County; Birth State: Minnesota; Death Date: 22 Jul 2001, Death Coutny: Crow Wing; Death City: Brainerd; Mother's Maiden Name: Trombley; State file number: 2001-MN-519234

    4. [S16] Obituary.

    5. [S1768] Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/..

    6. [S16] Obituary.
      George R. Bedard, 91, Brainerd, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, at Woodland Good Samaritan Village in Brainerd.

      He was born Sept. 28, 1909, in Wright County to John and Louise (Trombley) Bedard. He was valedictorian of the class of 1927 at DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis. He worked in the Northern States Power Co. general office in Minneapolis for 18 years. He later began a 27-year real estate brokerage career. He was elected president of the Minnesota Realtors Association and served six years as a member of the National Board of Realtors. He was president of the Brainerd Chamber of Commerce in 1965 and he was mayor of Brainerd from 1969-1973. He was involved in a drive to expand and renovate St. Joseph's Hospital. He started Community Action and served as chairman of it for four years. He led a drive to obtain a city subsidized bus operation. He was also chairman of a committee that saved Brainerd's water tower. He was a member of Geritol Frolics. He was also a member of Elks, Moose, Eagles and a fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. He was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church since 1947.

      Survivors include his wife, Ruth; five sons, Robert, Nisswa, Dennis, East Moline, Ill., John, Minneapolis, James, Brainerd, and Thomas, St. Paul; a daughter, Jeanne Bedard, St. Paul; 17 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a brother, Eugene Bedard, Huntington Beach, Calif.; and a sister, Ethel Geary, Minnetonka.

      Five brothers and three sisters died earlier.

      Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Catholic Church in Brainerd with Father Seamus Walsh officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd. Memorials are preferred to St. Francis School Endowment Fund, DeLaSalle High School or donor's choice.

      Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Thursday with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Nelson-Doran Funeral Home in Brainerd and an hour before services Friday at the church.

    7. [S16] Obituary.
      Ruth Charest File

    8. [S1025] *Ruth Charest.

    9. [S35] Marriage Index.