Kenneth Edwin Amundson

Kenneth Amundson age 54 of Tracy, MN, formerly of Sacramento, CA, died at his home in Tracy on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Services will 1:00 PM Monday September 27, 2011 at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, MN. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Interment will be at the Hope Lutheran Cemetery, with a luncheon served at the church following the burial. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. Kenneth Edwin Amundson was born December 6, 1956 to Edwin and Marie (Ramseth) Amundson in Marshall, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in Hope Lutheran Church in Minneota, MN, where he grew up, and attended Minneota Public Schools, graduating from Minneota High School in 1974. He then attended Southwest State University in Marshall for three years. On July 28, 1984 Ken married Lori Carroll in Golden, CO. They made their home in Colorado before moving to Sacramento, CA in 1987. They had both been transferred with the company, Broadband Technology, where Ken was a Supervisor and Lori was an Office Manager. They moved back to Tracy, MN in July of 2011 to be near family. Growing up Ken had many pets he loved including dogs (German Shorthairs were his favorites), cats, frogs and turtles. He also lived and breathed sports in high school, where he was active in track, basketball, football and softball. Through the years this made him a huge Minnesota Vikings fan, but his first love, his soul-mate, was his wife, Lori of thirty-three years together and his two children, Michael and Ashley. On Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Ken died at his home in Tracy at the age of 54. Ken is survived by his wife, Lori Amundson of Tracy, MN; one son, Michael Amundson of Santa Cruz, CA; one daughter, Ashley Amundson of Tracy, MN; one sister, Mavis (David) Sandberg of Highlands Ranch, CO; one brother-in-law, Gary (Sally) Carroll of Vancouver, WA; two sisters-in-law, Marlene (Harold) Halfmann of Tracy, MN and Diane (John) Woodhall of Spicer, MN; many nieces, nephews and friends. Ken is preceded in death by his parents, and his father and mother-in-law.