Shane Keith Hemstad

Shane Hemstad, of Buffalo and formerly of Montevideo, died on Friday, July 11, 2003 as a result of an auto accident near Shakopee, MN at the age of 27.

Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, July 14, 2003 at 10:00 A.M. at Salem Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Wayne D. Kopitzke officiating.  Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Cemetery.

Visitation will be prior to services at the church.

Shane Keith Hemstad was born on August 23, 1975 in Fridley, MN to Max and Marciana (McKeighan)  Hemstad. He was baptized at Peace Lutheran Church in Coon Rapids, MN and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Montevideo.  He graduated from Montevideo High School in 1994 and received a Degree in Finance from Minnesota State University at Moorhead in 1999.  He worked his way through college at Firefly Creek Casino, the on-campus day care center at MSU-Moorhead and at the YMCA in Fargo.  Shane worked as a financial advisor in the Shakopee, MN area.  He enjoyed hockey and watching horse racing at Canterbury Park.  He enjoyed spending time with his family, and the special joy of his life was spending time with his daughter.

He is survived by a daughter, Haley Hemstad of New Haven, CT; his parents, Max and Marcie Hemstad of Montevideo; a sister, Nicole Hemstad of Bloomington, MN; his fiancé, Sheila Maloney of Buffalo, MN; grandparents: Bernice & Vern Miller of Dawson, MN and Ady McKeighan of Columbia Heights, MN; and  by several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Keith McKeighan and by an uncle, Reno Hemstad.