John Henry Sundby was born on January 18, 1923 in Parker Township near Stephen, Minnesota.  John passed away on October 4, 2018 in Glen Rose Nursing & Rehab Center in Glen Rose, Texas.

John had lived on the family farm his entire lifetime with his parents and siblings until he and his two sisters, Hazel and Mable moved to The Tamarac Assisted Living in Stephen in March.  He had spent time in the Hallock Nursing Home before moving to Texas to be near to his brother.

John attended rural Parker School;  he was in the Navy during WWII serving aboard the aircraft carrier Intrepid as an airplane refueler. John  was a hard worker and loved farming with his brothers.  He would tell stories of walking behind the horse pulling the plow when he was young and working with the threshing crews.  John Deere machinery and Ford cars were his favorites. He continued working on the farm until in his eighties and then enjoyed driving around checking on the crops and watching the young men working.  He loved playing cards and that became a nightly past time each evening with his siblings.  John had a happy disposition and a quick wit and always enjoyed a little humor.  He was a member of First Lutheran Church and a lifetime member of the Stephen American Legion Post #390.

John was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar and Melvina, his brothers Clarence, Carl and Roy and his wife Lyla, and his sister MaryAnn and her husband Orville, and nephews Michael and Mitchell Gunderson.H  e is survived by sisters Hazel and Mabel, brother LeRoy "Lee" and his wife Sharon,  nephews Kevin Sundby and Scott Sundby, and nieces, Janelle Lacey, Marchelle Thompson, Marlene Gunderson, Marla Anderson and their families.

Services will be at First Lutheran Church in Stephen on Saturday, October 13 at 1:30 PM with visitation and viewing from 12:30 to 1:30. Burial will follow in the Sundby family plot at the Stephen Cemetery.