- Date Of Birth: October 15, 1941
- Date Of Death: July 21, 2020
- State: Minnesota
Terrence D. “David” Mattson, age 78, of Grand Rapids, MN and formerly of Coleraine, Hibbing, Owatonna, and Flint, MI, died Tuesday July 21, 2020, at the Grand Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids. He was born October 15, 1941, in Hibbing the son of Toivo and Sadie (Gallipo) Mattson. He was a graduate of Hibbing High School and Hibbing Community College, and went on to receive his Master’s Degree from Bemidji State University. David was united in marriage to Kathryn Ann Pritchard on August 24, 1968, in Hibbing.
David worked as a Social Studies teacher in the Coleraine School District – retiring in 1999 after 30 years of service. He was a member of Bethel-Trinity Lutheran Church in Bovey, the Greenway Federation of Teachers, and Education Minnesota.
David is survived by his wife: Kathryn; daughters: Susan Marie (Shawn) Schultz of Hibbing, MN, and Carrie A. Mattson of Shakopee, MN; brother: Roger “Buck” (Diane) Mattson of Lakeville, MN; 2 grandchildren: Miranda and Brandi; three step-great-grandchildren; and numerous extended family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents: sister: Shirley Nosan; and brother: Kenneth Mattson.
