- Date Of Birth: May 6, 1916
- Date Of Death: March 24, 2017
- State: Minnesota
Gilbert Sunset Loe was born May 6, 1916 to Gilbert O. and Selma (Sunset) Loe in Grimstad Township, Roseau County Minnesota
He attended Grimstad school and graduated from Roseau High School in 1933. He attended Hanson School in Fargo one winter where he learned how to repair engines, a skill he used all of his life.
He was united in marriage to Pearl Brinkman on June 21, 1941 at the home of her parents. They lived together on their farm in Grimstad Township for 68 years. Their daughter, Carol Elaine, was born on December 6, 1944.
He had dairy cows and farmed together with his brothers, Manfred and Walter. In 1956 he sold the cows because of Pearl’s allergies, and beef cattle replaced the milk cows. Bussing began at the Wannaska Consolidated School district in 1947 and he was one of the first drivers; a job that he enjoyed and told many stories about. While driving school students to Roseau High School he worked as a mechanic at Jackson Pontiac-Buick in Roseau. After more than 15 years as a bus driver he hauled milk for the Roseau milk drying plant until he had the opportunity to work for the Minnesota State Highway Department in road maintenance. He and Pearl moved to Crookston for two years and then transferred to Roseau where he continued his work with the Minnesota Department of Transportation until his retirement on December 30, 1980.
He and Pearl enjoyed traveling, including two trips to Norway.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Carol and Selmer Moen of Minot, ND. granddaughter, Kari R. Moen and fiance’ Jim Tengesdal of Minot, ND; grandson Selmer John Loe Moen and his wife, Becky, of Minnetrista, MN; great-grandchildren, Harrison and Josephine Moen of Minnetrista, MN; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Robert and Melva Brinkman of Roseau, MN; special friend Arlene Carlson, Roseau; and many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Pearl, brothers Manfred and Walter, nephew Michael M. Loe, sister-in-law, Bernice Loe; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Carol and Wilbur Lindstrom; and sister-in-law Dorothy Brinkman.
