Tim Haugen of Elm Springs, SD, passed away on December 5, 2011 at the Fort Meade, VA Hospital after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 PM at South Canyon Lutheran Church (700 44th St.) Rapid City, SD with a prayer service at 5:30 PM on Friday, December 9. Funeral Service will be held at South Canyon Lutheran Church - Rapid City, SD at 10:30 AM on Saturday, December 10 with Pastor Bruce Thalacker officiating. Arrangements are with the Rush Funeral Chapel of Wall, SD. Another Service will be held Monday, December 12 at 10:00 AM at Anderson Funeral Home, Montevideo MN with visitation for one hour prior to the services. Rev. Marie Eckberg will officiate and burial will be at Mandt Lutheran Cemetery. Timothy Lane Haugen was born December 31, 1949, in Montevideo, MN, the son of Orton and Dolores (Quenemoen) Haugen. He grew up on his parents' farm north of Montevideo and attended country school at District 54 before graduating from Milan High School in 1967. Tim was confirmed and baptized at Mandt Lutheran Church in Montevideo. After high school, Tim received an Avionics Degree from Alexandria Vo-Tech Institute. Tim was united in marriage to Linda Larson on August 8, 1970 at Big Bend Lutheran Church, in Big Bend, MN. To this union were born three sons and one daughter: Tyler, Tadd, T. Will and Lane. After their marriage, they made their home in Kaycee, WY for a short time. Tim enlisted in the United States Navy on October 5, 1970. While in the Navy, Tim and Linda lived in Millington, TN and Boardman, OR. After his honorable discharge on October 4, 1974, they moved to Powell, WY where Tim attended Northwest Community College. In 1975, they moved back to Montevideo to farm for 15 years. In 1989, the family moved to Rapid City, SD and later to Belle Fourche, SD to manage a cattle operation. Tim and Linda then lived at Creighton, SD where Tim managed a cattle operation, before moving to Elm Springs, where they lived and managed the "Two Rivers Ranch" for the last 15 years. Tim had a great love for ranching. He enjoyed quiet, meaningful time with his family and loved having his grandchildren close by. It gave him great pleasure to watch his kids embrace the western lifestyle, which included riding horses, rodeo, and ranch work. He was knowledgeable, articulate and kind and appreciated good books, western art, music and leather work only to name a few. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Linda Haugen of Elm Springs, SD; three sons: Tyler Haugen and his wife Dee of Sturgis, SD and their children Landry and Arina; Tadd W. Haugen and his wife Shannon of Sundance, WY and their children Dillon, Annika and Harris; and T. Will Haugen and his wife Cortney of Mitchell, SD and their children twins Prestyn and Peyton, and Adessa; one daughter, Lane Shull and her husband Zach of Rapid City, SD and their daughters Kamryn and Olivia; his mother, Dolores Haugen of Montevideo, MN; two brothers: Scott Haugen and his wife Bonnie and Patrick Haugen and his wife Janell, all of Montevideo, MN; one sister, Ann Haugen and her husband Bryan Gulden of St. Paul, MN; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Tim was preceded in death by his father, Orton Haugen and his mother and father-in-law: Virgil and Mavis Larson.