Randal Ovren

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Randal M. Ovren was born August 17, 1918 in Slaton, Minnesota and passed away March 6, 2011 in Montgomery, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents Martin Luther Ovren and Edith Laverne Fiero. Randal and his family moved to Northern California when he was 5 years old, and he lived his youth in California attending school it the Sacramento schools. He loved music and played the trumpet in the band. He left Sacramento College to join the San Francisco Regional Band where he participated in the World Fair in San Francisco and his band was the first to cross the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. Randal left band to live and work in Sacramento. He was drafted in the US Army in 1942 and was trained in Oklahoma and Louisiana before he moved to San Antonio, Texas where he met Doris Ruth Bargsley in the USO in San Antonio. He was sent overseas to Italy where he was a member of the Blue Devils Company A 350th infantry. He was wounded in battle and received 2 Purple Hearts a Bronze Star and a Meritorious Service Medal. He was discharged in San Antonio and he and Doris married November 23, 1945 in San Antonio at the First Baptist Church. He was an office equipment salesman for almost 40 years where he was recognized as the outstanding salesman and awarded a trophy and a banquet was held in his honor. Randal is survived by his loving wife: Doris Ovren; son: Michael Ovren and wife Grace Elizabeth Erchull; grandchildren: Jonathan Spencer Ovren, Tony Erchull and wife Faye, Tina Markley and husband Andy; great grandchildren: Jonathan Anthony Gallagher, Madison Elizabeth Markley, Anthony Caleb Erchull, Michael Mason Erchull, James Peyton Erchull, and Steve Dawson Erchull. The graveside services will be held 11:00 am Friday March 11, 2011, at San Jose Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas.
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Conroe, Texas 77304
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