House  1961-66  (District 1);  House  1967-68  (District 1A)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Fillmore
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            10/3/1926
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Carrington, North Dakota
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Foster
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            9/12/1984
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                             Lutheran
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Rushford
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Attorney
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Carrington Public Schools, North Dakota; Elementary School; 
Carrington Public Schools, North Dakota; Secondary; 
University of Minnesota; B.S.L.; 1953
St. Paul College of Law; LL.B.; 1955
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Military: 
                                            Minnesota Army National Guard, 47th Viking Division (Korean War; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Secretary to General Norman Everard Erickson); 
                         
                         12/1950 to 05/1952
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Ramona Mae Gronos (married in December 1950)
                                    Children: 
                                    Three children: Kathryn Patricia (daughter); Norman Everard, and Curtis James (sons)
                                    
                                    
                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He was a member of the Republican Party. (Obituary)
He moved to the Twin Cities in 1968.
He died of heart disease in San Diego, California.
Birth date, middle name, cause of death, spouse's name, and children's middle names provided by his daughter.
Religion provided by his daughter.