Roger D. Tufte, age 71, of Woodbury, Minn., died Feb. 23, 2006. There will be a memorial service on a later date.

Roger graduated from Kiester High School in 1952. He was a 40-year employee of John Deere.

Roger is survived by one brother Donald, and his wife, Carolyn Tufte of Woodbury; two nieces; and cousins Sylvia Hagen of Kiester, Obert Tufte of Arizona, and Maxine Tufte of New Jersey.