A memorial service celebrating the life of Wayne B. Hultquist, 93, will be held on Saturday, March 20, at La Posada in Green Valley, Ariz.
Hultquist passed away peacefully on March 15 at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson following a brief battle with lung cancer.
Wayne was born May 14, 1916, in Red Wing, Minn. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 1933, playing basketball on the Minnesota State High School championship team. Hultquist attended the University of Chicago, and graduated from Hamline University, St. Paul, Minn., in 1943.
Hultquist served as a U.S. Naval officer during World War II from 1942 until 1945, serving on the USS Tattnall in both the European and Pacific theaters.
Hultquist's business career began in Faribault, Minn., where he served as treasurer and controller of the Faribo Woolen Mill. He joined Thermo Serv in Anoka, Minn., in 1962, rising to the position of president and C.E.O. Thermo Serv was acquired by the West Bend Company and Hultquist moved to West Bend, Wis., in 1972 to be executive vice-president. In 1975, he returned to Anoka to serve as president and finally chairman of Thermo Serv. Wayne retired to Green Valley, Ariz., in 1985, where he was active in a number of community organizations, including the Valley Presbyterian Church.
Wayne was a committed husband, father and family man, marrying the former Helen Armitage of Richmond, Va., in 1945, and raising their three children in Minnesota. He was very civic minded, serving in leadership positions in church, education and a variety of community organizations. He was an avid golfer, winning many club championships in Minnesota golf clubs. Wayne was beloved by his family and friends as a thoughtful and generous man, and he will be deeply missed.
Wayne was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 59 years, Helen.
Wayne is survived by three children, Steve (Judy) of Broken Arrow, Okla., Tim (Cindy) of Vero Beach, Fla., and Betsy Ollhoff (Pat) of Belle Plaine, Minn.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Memorial remembrances may be given to Valley Presbyterian Church, or La Posada at Park Centre Foundation, both in Green Valley, Ariz.
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