Ronald-Fenske-Obituary

Ronald Richard Fenske

Buffalo, Minnesota

1952 - 2006

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Funeral services celebrating the life of Ronald Fenske, age 53, of Buffalo, Minnesota and formerly Glencoe were held Friday February 3, 2006 at 10:00 AM at First Ev. Lutheran Church in Glencoe. Officiating was the Rev. Ronald Mathison. The organist was Dawn Wolter and the soloist was Terri Thomas who sang “The Lord’s Prayer” and “Now The Light Has Gone Away”. The congregational hymns were “Be Still My Soul” and “Beautiful Savior”. Serving as casket bearers were Dan Swanson, Timothy Fenske, Brett Alsleben, Tyler Drangstveit, Randy Drangstveit, Timothy Stodola and Barry Stodola. Visitation was held Thursday evening at the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Ronald Richard Fenske was born May 24, 1952 in New Ulm, Minnesota the son of Clifford Sr. and Joan (Ulrich) Fenske. He was baptized on June 8, 1952 at St. Mathews Lutheran Church in Fernando Rev. F. Lehne and later confirmed into the faith on May 14, 1967 also at St. Mathew’s by Rev. Lehne. Ronald served in the United States Navy from June 15, 1970 until June 14, 1976. He achieved and Associate of Arts degree and also an Associate’s degree in Electro Mechanical Technology. Over the years, Ronald worked for Viking Collection Services, Professional Computer Sales, Inc., Ensco Inc., and North American Communications. In his free time, Ronald enjoyed motorcycle riding. He had a Fat Boy Harley Davidson and looked forward to annual trips to Sturgis. He enjoyed music, the movie “Gone With The Wind” and fishing with friends. Ronald will be remembered as the life of the party – always telling jokes and stories and full of laughter.

On January 29, 2006, Ronald entered his eternal rest at the age of 53 years, 8 months and 5 days. He is preceded in death by his mother Joan Fenske. Ronald is survived by his daughter Erin Fenske of Minneapolis; son Ryan Fenske of St. Cloud; grandson Robert Sutalo of Watertown; father Clifford Fenske Sr. of Glencoe; brother Clifford Fenske Jr. (wife: Gloria) of San Martin, CA; sisters Barbara Alsleben (husband: Jim) of Litchfield and Cheryl Drangstveit (husband: Earl) of Prior Lake; loving partner Barbara Swanson of Buffalo; former wife and friend Pam Fenske of Waconia; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Arrangements were with the Johnson-McBride Funeral Chapel in Glencoe. For an online guestbook, please visit www.mcbridefuneralchapels.com

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I miss you daddy. I wish I could share my life with you now. xoxo, Erin

I will miss you dad. I so wish I could have spent more time with you and had more time with you now. You will always be there for me in my heart and dreams along with grandma and I will always remember you. I love you.

I love you dad. I'm reminded of you everyday, and everyone always has a new memory to share. A new story to tell, of a moment in time when you touched their lives. So many good memories, so many good stories. I feel very honored to know that the man to whom these memories remain, is my father. I am proud to call myself your daughter. I will miss you dearly. I will love you always. Rest in Peace.

We will miss his frequent calls, contagious laugh, jokes, and friendly, warm smile. Ron, you were my husband's brother, his best friend and sidekick. The trips to the Sturgis Rally will never be the same for him. You were and are loved without conditions. You are missed. We love you bro - we will see you again some day. Peace and healing to all who knew and loved him.

I went to High School with Ron. I saw the obituary in the Norwood paper. My deepest sympathy to all the family. He was always a very nice and friendly person to be around. The class of '70 will miss you.

Ron worked with us at Kennsco Inc. We are sorry to hear about the loss of Ron. We remember sitting in a sales meeting one time and Ron kicked back and put his feet up on the table and he was wearing two different shoes. Rough morning! We've seen two different socks before.... Ron will be missed. Sincerely, Your co-workers at BLM Technologies formerly Kennsco Inc.

My thoughts and prayers to Ron's family and close friends for peace,
understanding and healing at this very sad and difficult time.

Ron, I will always remember your sense of humor and the fun we had at Viking. You will be terribly missed! To the Fenske family and friends, I am so sorry for your loss.

I met Ron a little over six years ago at a Stodola family get together and knew right away he was quite the character. He asked me a question and I stood there with my mouth open and in shock. From that day on we always dished it back and forth at each other - the best one was that I answered him back with "mudpie". We both got a laugh out of that one. My sympathy goes out to you the family and his friends.