Funeral services for John Eggebo, 79, of Hettinger, ND will be Monday, October 22, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church. Pastor Kathleen Dettmann and Pastor Brad Abelseth will officiate and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 21 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home in Hettinger and one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday morning.

John Eggebo was born October 8, 1928 to Ole and Phoebe (Nelson) Eggebo at the family homestead, Glendo, SD, the 5th of six children. John attended the Glendo and Parker rural schools and Hettinger High School. At an early age he began farming with his father.

John was married to Mildred Thompson on Jan. 5, 1951 at the parental home of Andrew and Annie Thompson in Hettinger, ND. They began their life together farming and ranching in the Lodgepole, SD area and to this union, five children were born, Melvin, James, Karen, Cheryl and Carol.

John farmed and ranched in the Lodgepole area until Dec. 1967 when the family moved to Hettinger. He worked the night shift during lambing season at the Experiment Station in Hettinger and also sheared sheep for area ranchers and worked with a crew building pole barns. John then worked for the City of Hettinger for ten years and also at Hillcrest Care Center for six years.

He enjoyed working with wood, gardening, spending time at the farm with the horses and tinkering in his little shop out back. He especially loved visits with his kids, grandkids and grand doggies. He will be remembered as a good neighbor, loving husband, father and grandfather. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 and retired in 1997. He courageously continued his battle with the disease until his passing on Oct. 18, 2007 in Hettinger.

He is survived by his wife, Mildred, Hettinger; two sons, Melvin (Mary) Eggebo, Hettinger; James (Lois) Eggebo, Prairie City, SD; three daughters, Karen (Larry) Hehn, Hettinger; Cheryl Kuntz, Lemmon, SD; Carol (Bryon) Mattis, Hettinger; ten grandchildren, Marilee (Todd) Obritsch, Sarah (Jeff) Runyan, Mindy Jo Mattis, Amanda Cameron, Beau Hehn, Rachel Eggebo, Bridgette (Wade) Hasbrouck, Crystal Mattis, Natalie Eggebo and Jared Eggebo; six great-grandchildren, Mariah Kuntz, Brody Cameron, Christian Colgrove and Sean, Bowden and Riley Hasbrouck; three sisters, Irene Abelseth and Esther Palmer, Rapid City, SD and Lila Van Slooten, Belle Fourche, SD; two brothers-in-law, Roger (Phyllis) Thompson, Haynes, ND and Alvin (Rita) Thompson, Anaheim, CA and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Melvin, one sister, Ruth Palmer, one infant grandson, Justin Eggebo, brothers-in-law, Kenneth Thompson, Harold Abelseth, Emmett Palmer, Ted Van Slooten and Earl Palmer; one niece, Kathy Thompson Young and three nephews, Delvin Palmer, Dwight Thompson and Andy Thompson.