Vernie Carl Dahl Jr., 83
St. Joseph
Oct. 14, 1933 – Jan. 29, 2017
Vernie Carl Dahl Jr, 83, of St. Joseph died Jan. 29 at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, St. Cloud. The Rev. Dave Nelson will officiate. Friends and family may gather from 10-11 a.m. Friday morning at the church in St. Cloud. Arrangements entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud.
Dahl was born Oct. 14, 1933 in Albert Lea to Vernie and Adah (Dyrdahl) Dahl Sr. He served his country in the U.S. Navy. He was a deep-sea diver and proudly proclaimed the Navy was his first love. Dahl married Bernita Stern on Jan. 18, 1957 at Grace Lutheran Church in Austin, Minn. The couple lived in Albert Lea and Coon Rapids prior to moving to the St. Cloud area in 1991. He was employed for 30 years as a plumber for Honeywell in the Twin Cities retiring in October 1991. Dahl was a member of Holy Cross church, a life member of the Coon Rapids VFW 9625, a member of the American Legion Post 328 of St. Joseph and a post-traumatic stress disorder group member. He enjoyed cooking (and made bouja at the Coon Rapids VFW annual event using his own kettle), camping and snowmobiling. There was nothing he could not “do;” building his own houseboat their family enjoyed on Rush Lake for many summers. He had an intelligent sense of humor and the advice he gave was priceless.
Survivors include the following: his wife of 60 years; children, Cindy (Steve) Larson of Coon Rapids, Jayme (Arthur) Bohm of St. Cloud, Karen (Dave) Steinke of Blaine and Vernie (Heather) III of St. Cloud; grandchildren, Rob and Reed Larson, Kari (Ben) Deggendorf, Ryan (Stevie) Hammond, Randy (Laura) Hammond, Leah (Jason) Ryan, David (fiancée, Roxanne Kroschel) Steinke, Mariah Steinke, Jarrid Dahl and Kayla Dahl; step- grandsons, Brett and Brady Jackels; great-grandchildren, Emily and Owen Hammond, Chase and Grace Hammond, Michael Nelson, Joe and Autumn Ryan and Jack Deggendorf; sisters and brothers, Carmen Henkelman of Texas, Duane (Phyllis) Dahl of Lake Havasu, Ariz., Sanford (Ileen) Dahl of Coon Rapids, Sandra Sorensen of Pompano Beach, Fla.; multiple nieces and nephews and his special buddy, his black lab “Rambo.”
He was preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Andres and Arden; and sisters, Virginia Blizzard, Cheryl Johnson and Eunice Russel.
Dahl’s family would like to send a special thank you to the staff at the St. Cloud VA Medical Center Building 51-2.
