Don E. Grundmeyer, age 87, of Sartell, and formerly of Sleepy Eye, died Monday, July 17, 2023 at the Crest View Lutheran Home in Columbia Heights, MN.
Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home-SOUTH Chapel in New Ulm. Burial will be in the Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service Thursday at the Funeral Home.
To leave an online condolence for the family, or to sign the guestbook, please visit: www.mvfh.org
Don is survived by son, Kelly (Lisa); sister, Ruth Hawker, Sister in law Diane Grundmeyer; Grandchildren, Jon, Rachel and Luke; Great grandchildren, Alice and Violet; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by, Wife Dora in July of 2021, parents; siblings Viola and Keith Heidemann, Lucille and Mel Augustine, Lois and Dave Schewe, Delrose and Dwayne Thoreson; brother Jim Grundmeyer; brother in law Wayne Hawker
Don was born on September 28, 1935 in Sleepy Eye to Theodore and Amanda (Fluegge) Grundmeyer. He graduated from Sleepy Eye High School. Don was united in marriage to Dora Nass on October 6, 1956 in Hutchinson. Don and Dora both made a life for them self’s in various towns working in the grocery industry. In the early 1960’s they settled in Sleepy Eye till the late 1990’s moving to Sartell. Don started his own Dairy business, Don’s Oak Grove, in the mid 60’s and ran that till the late 70’s, then working at AUI is Sleepy Eye till his retirement in the late 90’s. Once relocated to Sartell, he picked up a retirement job of driving school bus, which he thoroughly enjoyed, as well as his students and even students’ parent enjoys him. Christmas and end of school year gifts for Don were plentiful. Don was on the Sleepy Eye public school board for 9 years and held the title of chairman for a few years, with involvement in the Lions club and Sleepy Eye Retailers group. He was active in the Sleepy Eye Snowriders snowmobile club in the late 60’s and 70’s. One of his greatest joys was his development of Hillcrest Addition, 8 acres on the east end of Sleepy Eye that resulted in 10 homes. He also enjoyed camping and seeing different parts of the United States, with Dora. He will be greatly missed. Don’s legacy will be electrical tape, and “do you have time for a quick story” although they were never quick.
