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Paul Theodore "Ted" Skovgaard

Born: August 3, 1918         LaMoure County, North Dakota Died: December 4, 2010    Wahoo, Nebraska     Funeral Service: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 ~ 11:00 AM Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Wahoo, Nebraska Interment Maple Grove Cemetery, Cedar Bluffs, Nebraska   Visitation: Tuesday, December 7, 2010 3:00-7::00 PM at Svoboda Funeral Home   Memorials: Bethlehem Lutheran Church or Hospice and Home Health Care of Saunders County

Paul Theodore "Ted" Skovgaard was born on August 3, 1918 in LaMoure County, North Dakota to Andrew and Mabel (Mart) Skovgaard. After graduating from Grand Rapids High School in North Dakota, he helped his father work on the farm until he was 25 years old. At that time he went on his own farming, ranching and doing carpenter work in the area. In 1945, he was married to Jesse Wollerman with whom he had three children, Gary, Steve and Carol.

Ted later moved to Colon, NE and on February 15, 1959, he was married to Mabel Spoonhour and had one daughter, Lorna.  Ted worked for Harold Manstedt Construction for a few years and then began his own construction company, Skovgaard Construction. He stayed busy building houses and doing remodeling for many years until he and Mabel moved to Wahoo in 2001.

Ted went home to God on December 4, 2010 at the Saunders County Care Center in Wahoo at the age of 92 years. Ted had been a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church where he served on the council and was active in the church choir. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #59 AF & AM in Wahoo and had been a mason in Fremont, NE and in North Dakota, totaling over 65 years as a mason. Ted was a former member of the Cedar Bluffs Lions Club and the Pathfinder Men's Chorus in Fremont. He also served as mayor of Colon for many years and was the utilities manager of Colon for many years. Ted was always willing to help the elderly with all kinds of "fix up" repairs in their homes. He loved music and singing and played the harmonica, guitar and accordian and was also excellent at yodeling.

Ted is survived by his daughters and sons in law, Lorna and Kevin Klahn of Mead, NE, Carol and Jerry Greenwood of Cavalier, North Dakota; his sons and daughter in law, Gary Skovgaard of Neche, North Dakota, Steve and Debbie Skovgaard of Milton, North Dakota; his step daughters and their spouses, Janice and Dick Fackler of Neosha, Missouri, Carol and Larry Hauschild of Malmo, Nebraska; 13 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren; sisters Ann Welander of Fremont, NE, Ellen Ness of Harford, Wisconsin; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife Mabel; his brother Harvey and his sister Mildred.