Eric Simonsen

On August 7, 1993, he married Elisabeth Bronson in Bunker Hill, NJ. Eric was a Master carpenter and owner of Simonsen Construction, working in New York, New Jersey, Minnesota and North Dakota. In 2012-2013, he did shoreline restoration and in 2014, he worked as a framer with Precise Carpentry and was a painter with Neuman Painting. Eric’s faith was very important to him. He has most recently been a member of Bethel Lutheran Brethren Church of Fergus Falls. He enjoyed spending time with his family, auto repair and restoration of classic cars and hunting and gardening. Preceding him in death were his grandparents, Arthur and Edith Simonsen and Einar and Alice Jensen; his mother-in-law, Ruth Bronson; brothers-in-law, Alvin Bronson III and Scott Hamann; and a nephew, Anthony Foulk. Survivors include his wife, Beth; children, Ashley, Kari, Tobias and David, all at home; his parents, Peter and Janice Simonsen of Colorado Springs, CO; a  sister, Sonja (Nick) Kaneda of Monument, CO; a brother, Arne Simonsen of Carbondale, CO; father and mother-in-law, Alvin “Rocky” and Rebecca Bronson of Moorhead; sisters-in-law, Debbie (Todd) Foulk of Michigan and Becky (Jamie) Feland of Dickinson, ND; brothers-in-law, Danny (Mandy) Bronson of Billings, MT and Andy (Shana) Bronson of Moorhead, MN, along with many wonderful nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles.