Robert V. Lundgren, age 84, of Elkton, died Friday, April 21, 2006, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at the United Parish of Elkton. Interment and graveside military rites will follow at the Elkton City Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Monday at Eidsness-Zink Funeral Chapel in Elkton, with a public Masonic service at 8:00 P.M. at the funeral chapel. Robert V. Lundgren was born August 21, 1921, at Superior, Wisconsin, to Carl A. and Elizabeth J. (Westman) Lundgren. He graduated from Central High School in Superior in 1939. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1941 until 1945 in the Pacific Theater in Guam and the Mariana Islands. He was discharged at the rank of staff sergeant. On February 25, 1942, he married Shirley Moe in Superior. They lived in various locations where Bud worked for newspapers. The Lundgrens bought the Elkton Record in 1960, the White Leader in 1972, and then the Toronto Herald. Bud sold the newspapers in 1985, and then sold specialty advertising products until the present time. Bud was a member of the United Parish of Elkton, the Glenn Stafford American Legion Post, and the Masonic Lodge in Mora, Minnesota. He enjoyed playing hockey and baseball in his younger years. He was an avid golfer and had won the City of Superior golf championship. He especially enjoyed fishing and visiting with his friends during the summers at Lake Shetek. Survivors include his wife, Shirley Lundgren, of Elkton; four children: Janice (Gary) Utoft of Owatonna, Minnesota, Dennis (Deanna) Lundgren of Elkton, Bruce (Renay) Lundgren of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Dawn Kuehl (Scott Wilson) of Pipestone, Minnesota; 14 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Marion Hunter; and two infant daughters: Barbara and Pamela.