Louis C. Lovgren, 84, of LaMoille died
Jan. 20, 2014, in Colonial Healthcare,
Princeton.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in
Community United Methodist Church,
LaMoille, with the Rev. Jerry Graham officiating.
Burial will be at Greenfield Cemetery,
LaMoille.
Visitation is 9:30 a.m. until time of services
Friday at the church. Merritt Funeral
Home, Mendota provided the arrangements.
Mr. Lovgren was born Sept. 18, 1929, in
LaMoille to John Eric and Marie (Sandberg)
Lovgren. He married Marjean Brown on
May 8, 1948, in Mendota.
He was a member of Community United
Methodist Church, LaMoille and served
on various church boards. A graduate of
LaMoille High School in 1947, he later
served on the LaMoille School Board of
Education and was a member of Elks Lodge
1212.
He farmed in the LaMoille area his entire
life and was a breeder of spotted hogs and
angus cattle. He also was a 4-H Club leader,
member of the Farm Bureau, charter member
of Mid-Continent Livestock Exposition and
Spotted Breeders Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife, Marjean
of LaMoille; five sons, David Lovgren
of Waxahachie, Texas, Charles Lovgren
of LaMoille, Douglas (Gail) Lovgren of
LaMoille, Thomas (Bonnie) Lovgren of
Arlington and Michael (Hazel) Lovgren
of Amboy; 14 grandchildren; numerous
great-grandchildren; and one sister, Loraine
Larson of Wheeling.
He was preceded in death by one daughter-
in-law, Catherine Lovgren; two sisters,
Gertrude Lovgren and Arlene Huizenga;
and two brothers, John Lovgren and Harold
Lovgren.
Memorials may be directed to LaMoille
Ambulance Service, Community United
Methodist Church or the donor's choice.