Clarence "Ray" Borgrud, age 95 of McIntosh, MN, formerly Waubun, MN, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at McIntosh Manor Nursing Home, McIntosh, MN.

Clarence Ray was born on February 28, 1913 to Oscar and Mary Borgrud in Poplar, Montana. They homesteaded in Montana until 1925 when they moved to a farm east of Waubun. What a change that was from the prairie of Montana to the timber country of Minnesota. Ray attended school there in the Espe School.

On September 25, 1935 he married EulaBelle Cunningham. They lived on the Martin Borgrud farm until 1942 when they moved to Inglewood, California; where they both worked in defense plants. EulaBelle was a riveter for North American Aviation and Ray was a machinist for Interstate Aircraft and Engineering Corporation. In 1945 they moved to Minneapolis where he worked at a Munitions Plant. Their son Gary was born in Minneapolis in 1945.

After World War II they moved back to the Martin Borgrud Farm which they had bought. Ray kept busy doing custom trucking, lumber planning and farmed until 1953. Following his farming he worked on road construction until his retirement in 1970.
Ray was a member of Lake Grove Lutheran Church and served on the church counsel.

He is survived by his son Gary (Vaun) Borgrud, Waubun, MN; granddaughter, Tammy (Dan) Noll and two step great-grandchildren, Jake and Erika Noll, all of Waubun.

Ray was preceded in death by his wife EulaBelle; his parents; grandson, Randy Borgrud; brother, Orrin Borgrud and sister, Lucille Swanson.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 6th at 10 am at Lake Grove Lutheran Church, rural Waubun, MN. Visitation will be Friday, December 5th from 6-8 pm with a prayer service at 7 pm at the Anderson~Mattson Funeral Home, Mahnomen, MN, and continue one hour prior to the funeral on Saturday.