Orville K. Rubow

Orville Kenneth Rubow age 93 of Bay Lake died on September 21, 2012 at the Cuyuna Regional Care Center in Crosby. He was born on April 29, 1919 in Summerset, WI to Otto and Katherine (Sonntag ) Rubow. He married Pauline Lowery on May 12, 1955 in Minneapolis. Orville graduated from Stillwater High School and then continued his education at the Dunwoody Institute graduating in 1939. Orville was a WWII Army Air Forces veteran. He is a retired employee with the 3M Corp in St. Paul. After retiring Orville and Pauline retired to the Bay Lake Area in 1982. He was a member of the Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood, the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Post #557 of Deerwood, the Bay Lake Area Lions and was a Melvin Jones Fellow and the RSVP. He was a former member of the Bay Lake Township Board Supervisors, Crow Wing Council on Ageing , the Cuyuna Range Seniors Club. Orville was the 1996 recipient of Crow Wing County's Outstanding Senior Citizen Award. Survivors include his wife Pauline; 1 son, Kenneth (Judi Kulko) Rubow of Avon CT; 4 grandchilden, Jennifer (Anthony) Reinitz of Mound, Brandon (Devora) Rubow, US Army, Allison (Mark) Seeber of Lafayette, CO, and Susan (Felix) Eichhoff of Hyde Park, NY; 2 great grandchild, Ashleigh Reinitz and Caleb Rubow; several nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death are his parents, 1st wife, Lois, 1 son, Paul, and 1 sister, Donalda LaRoche. Funeral services will be 11 am on Monday, September 24th, 2012 at Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood. Burial will be at the Bay Lake Cemetery with full military honors given by the Walter Scott Erickson American Legion Post #557 of Deerwood. Friends may call on Sunday at the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby from 4 to 7 pm and on Monday 1 hour prior to the services at the church. If so desired memorials may be given to the Salem Lutheran Church in Deerwood. Arrangements are with the Koop Funeral Home in Crosby. www.koopfuneralhome.com