Service of Remembrance for Arnold LeFebre, 91, of Lodgepole, SD will be Saturday, February 3, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Holland Center Church, rural Lodgepole. Rev. Bernie Dykstra will officiate and burial will follow at the Holland Center Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger and one hour prior to the service at the Church on Saturday morning. A Family Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at the Funeral Home in Hettinger.

Arnold LeFebre was born on February 24, 1915 to John and Minnie (Nabors) LeFebre in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the youngest of four children. His family moved frequently and lived in Michigan, Denver, CO, Manhattan, MT and Lodgepole, SD. During those years of moving he had eight years of grade school in Montana, two years of high school in Michigan, one year in Montana and later graduated from high school in Hull, Iowa. He attended college in Aberdeen, SD and later taught rural school for three years before buying the Lodgepole Store with his brother, Harold, in 1937.


Arnold was inducted into the United States Army in 1943, served in the 103rd Infantry and saw action in the European Theater in the Vosge Mountains in Germany during WWII. He came back to South Dakota in 1945 after being honorably discharged from the Army.


In 1946, Arnold married Henrietta Vliem and they were blessed with one daughter, Norma. Arnold and Harold enjoyed a very good business with their general store and Arnold served as the Lodgepole Postmaster for 40 years.


Arnold enjoyed music, singing and played the organ. He served as church organist for many years. He loved reading and talking with his friends, running errands and after retiring, he enjoyed caring for his trees and the grass.


Arnold and Henrietta enjoyed 60 years of marriage and spending time with their family, Norma and Lauren Zimmermann and their children, Rick, Scott and Heather.

Arnold LeFebre passed away on Tuesday evening, January 30, 2007 at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger, ND.

Grateful for having shared in his life are his wife, Henrietta, of Lodgepole and their daughter, Norma (Lauren) Zimmermann, of Hettinger and three grandchildren, Rick, Scott and Heather Zimmermann. Preceding Arnold in death were his parents, two brothers, John and Harold and one sister, Frances.