Harold Duane Jetson

April 22, 1931 - June 22, 2017

Harold Duane Jetson, age 86 of Spring Grove, passed away peacefully, Thursday, June 22, 2017, at Tweeten Healthcare in Spring Grove. He was born, April 22, 1931, in Spring Grove to Clarence and Olga (Brunsvold) Jetson. He was a lifelong Spring Grove area resident. He was a 1949 Spring Grove High School graduate, and a graduate of University of Minnesota, School of Agriculture in St. Paul, MN. He served in the United States Army for two years during the Korean War. April 30, 1966 he married Louise Gilgenbach in Adams, MN; The couple farmed together in rural Spring Grove, until they retired and moved to town, June 2001. He was a member of Highland Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, IA, and a very active community member in Spring Grove. Family was very important to Harold, he was proud of his Norwegian heritage, and said that you couldn’t get any closer to heaven than Spring Grove. He was an excellent story teller and loved to dance. Harold is survived by his wife Louise of Spring Grove. His children; Thomas (Mary Ann Zabel) Jetson of Vernon Hills, IL, Anna Jetson of Spring Grove, Michael (Mary) Jetson of Lakeville, MN, Peter (Shanna) Jetson of Howard Lake, MN, and Jodi (Kevin Ketter) Jetson of St. Paul, MN His grandchildren; Rachel, Melanie and Kyle Jetson and Michael (Sarah) Humpal of Lakeville, MN, and great-grandchildren Ethan and Logan Humpal Also surviving are his sisters Jean (Jim) Hiner of Kenyon, MN, Ruth Brooks of Byron, MN, Dorothy Norman of Eden Prairie, MN and Sandra (Thomas) Shanahan of Rochester, MN. In additition to his parents he was preceded in death by his son Anthony, and three brothers-in-law Russ Brooks, Everett Ziese, and Harold Norman.