Fosmo, Jr., Harold Duane

Harold Duane Fosmo, Jr

December 22, 1944 – March 4, 2024 

Harold Duane Fosmo, Jr., son of Harold Fosmo and Virgenia (Danielson) Fosmo, was born December 22, 1944. Harold passed away on March 4, 2024, after a prolonged illness. He attended all eight grades in the one-room school in Martell. He graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1963, and then attended Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis, MN, graduating in June 1965.
He married his one-love Connie Larson on August 26, 1965, at Rush River Lutheran Church. To this union, two daughters were born, Victoria and Corinna.
Harold traveled many paths over the years and learned many skills. If he could read a book about something, he could learn how to fix, build, or run it. His first interest was auto mechanics. He specialized in air-conditioning and wiring, and corvettes.
In 1966, knowing he would be drafted, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served 13 months in Vietnam as a radio operator, forward air controller, landing helicopters, assisting medics, climbing up and down mountains and through the jungles. He was on the last convoy to get through to Khe Sanh and was stuck there during the siege. His remaining enlistment was spent at Camp Pendleton in CA. He attained the rank of Sergeant.
Harold returned to school to become a certified police officer. His favorite job was being a police officer at UW-Stout in Menomonie. A severe injury in 1990 ended that pursuit.
He then took up woodworking and made cedar strip canoes, snowshoes, pendulum clocks, jewelry boxes, and other objects.
Harold was a charter member of the Eau Galle-Rush River Sportsman’s Club, Hancock Lodge in Ellsworth, American Legion, Vietnam Veterans of America, Forty and Eight. He enjoyed fishing, listening to 60s music, reading detective novels, watching television, and enjoying wildlife. He was very proud of his daughters and loved being a grandpa.  Harold is now able to run again without pain.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold and Virgenia; his in-laws, Erwin and Lois Larson; sister-in-law, Mary Nelson. Harold is survived by his wife, Connie; daughters, Victoria (Truman Johnson) Fosmo and Corinna Fosmo; grandsons, Brady and Torrey Johnson; sister-in-law, Letty Larson; and other relatives and friends.