Funeral services for Clifford Vernon Bronstad, 83, of Clifton, will be held Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at Norse with burial at Norse Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Clifton Funeral Home.

Bronstad was born Jan. 28, 1927, to E.G. and Otillie Bronstad in the Norse community. He passed away on Thursday, March 25, 2010.

Bronstad served in the U.S. Army during 1945-46.

He married Clara Dee Kleine on March 8, 1952, and the couple made their home in Clifton.

He started his career at the Clifton Mercantile and then moved to Keeling’s Department Sore, which later became Bertelson’s. He retired in 1986.

He was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8553 in Clifton.

He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church at Norse where he was baptized, confirmed, and married.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Clayton Douglas Bronstad, Orville Bronstad, Edgar Bronstad, Dwain Bronstad, and Arthur (Buck) Bronstad; and sisters, Ethel Woodward, Hazel Elmira Carminatti, and Evelyn Kettler.

Survivors include his wife, Clara Dee Bronstad; brother, Floyd Bronstad; daughters, Sherry Duke and husband, Tom, of Clifton, Hazel Zellmer and husband, Ron, of Kyle, and Deborah Everett and husband, David, of Clifton; grandchildren, Jeremy Everett and wife, Crystal, Alana Latiolais and husband, Tim, Zach Duke and wife, Kristin; and two great-grandsons, and numerous nieces and nephews.