Owner of Lund passed away

[EBass]

I saw this on kare11 dot com. Just thought I'd spread the grim news.

[Bobb-o]

Please hold your fishing rod at half mast...

Howard Lund, Founder of Lund Boats Dead at 91

Howard Lund, who founded the boat company that bears his name, has died. He was 91.

Lund died Wednesday night in his Detroit Lakes home.

Lund Boat Company employs 600 workers and is the largest business in New York Mills.

Lund came up with the design for a small aluminum duck boat in 1947 because he thought it would be a good duck-hunting year.

A salesman for Inland Marine Corporation of Minneapolis spotted the boat strapped to the roof of Lund's car and asked him about it. He asked Lund to build 50 aluminum duck boats.

That led to the creation of Lund Boat Company.

Lund retired as the company's president in 1981.

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Diplomacy - The art of saying "nice doggie" while you find a rock.

[Gissert]

I heard this on KBRF 1250 AM this morning. RIP, G. Howard Lund...................