The memorial service for Egil L. Hovey will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 2, at Grace Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. The Rev. John Henriksen will officiate. Private interment will be held in Graceland Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service. There will be no reviewal at the church.

Egil died on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005, at the Good Samaritan Center. He was 87.

He was born on Aug. 15, 1917, in Manfred, N.D., the son of Ivar and Ebba Hovey. He was raised in Tioga, North Dakota and graduated from high school there. He later graduated from Minot State College in 1939.

Egil taught in Tioga, Harlowton, Montana, Cando, N.D., and in Albert Lea. He taught social studies and counseled in Albert Lea from 1944 to 1982.

It was following the completion of his master’s degree from Mankato State that he made the transition from teaching to guidance counseling.

He married Charlotte Jahnke on June 10, 1941.

Egil had been an active member of Grace Lutheran Church since the early 1950s. He assisted with the Hi-Y program for many years.

He was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. to study government from 1953-54.

In 1950, he served on the state curriculum committe for social studies. He was selected to represent Minnesota at the U.S. Commission on UNESCO in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1951.

After his retirement he enjoyed traveling around the U.S. and overseas.

Egil was a member and former president of Golden K-1 for many years and alsowas a former president of Retired Educators.

Egil is survived by his wife Charlotte; son Robert W. Hovey and special friend Thomas G. Healey of Minneapolis; daughter Kathryn Hovey-Kahlenbeck and son-in-law Kurt C. Kahlenbeck of Minneapolis; five sisters-in-law;

a brother-in-law; and nieces and nephews.

He was precededed in death by his parents, Ivar and Ebba Hovey; and brothers Rolf and Carl Hovey.

Memorials are suggested to Grace Lutheran Church.