Arlan P. Haiby

Arlan Palmer Haiby, age 80, of Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at home under the care of Hospice of the Red River Valley.

Arlan was born to Alvin and Alma Sanden Haiby of rural Pelican Rapids on October 25, 1932, the second of five children. He was baptized at Grove Lake Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. In 1935, the family moved to Blackduck, MN in Langor Township where they did farming and logging. He attended school in the area and was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Blackduck. Arlan served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict from 1954 to 1956. After being discharged he began work hauling gravel for the construction of I-94. In the fall of 1958, he began hauling Fords as a car transport driver for K.W. McKee, retiring in 1998 from Allied Auto.

In July 1960, he married Fern Hoeckle in Bemidji, MN. They resided in Minneapolis where they raised three children. In 1968, he was transferred to Fargo. They made their home in Moorhead, MN and live there presently. An important thing in his life was his family and cherished relationships of many friends through the years. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved deer hunting and fishing. He liked to ride the four-wheeler in the woods and go for drives in the country. He enjoyed auctions and working on John Deere tractors and older vehicles. He always seems to have a joke or story to tell.

Arlan is survived by his wife of 52 years; two sons, Mark of Mesa, AZ and Monte Randee of Hunter, ND; daughter, Kathy of Westport, OR; one grandson, Matthew Haiby of Glendale, AZ; two step-grandchildren, Grant Kendra Bitker of West Fargo and Angela Bitker of Perley, MN; one brother, Everett Reyna of Blackduck, MN; two sisters, Joan Bob Gunderson of Blackduck, MN and Carol Haiby of Bemidji, MN as well as nieces, nephews and cousins.

Arlan was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Marvin Elsie, and niece Denise Haiby and great-nieces, Julie Cloud.

Visitation: Sunday, January 13, 2012, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., in Wright Funeral Home, Moorhead, MN.

Funeral: Monday, January 14, 2012, at 2:00 p.m., in Bethesda Lutheran Church, Moorhead, MN.

Interment: Lakeview Cemetery, Blackduck, MN.