Eugene “Gene” Schlueter, formerly of Clearwater and Fairhaven, died Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015, at his St. Cloud home. He was 67. 
Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fairhaven with Rev. Timothy Nerud officiating. Burial will follow at Concordia Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Eugene Raymond Schlueter was born Nov. 1, 1948, in St. Cloud to Albert and Edna (Hamann) Schlueter. He was confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church, Fairhaven, and graduated from Kimball High School with the Class of 1967. On Nov. 25, 1967, he was united in marriage to Linda Gehrke at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fairhaven. They made Clearwater their home for 19 years, moving to Fairhaven in 1987, and to St. Cloud in 1998. Gene worked as a supervisor at Advanced Machine in Plymouth for 19 years, manager at the St. Augusta American Legion Club for 11 years, and was a route salesman for Purity Milk for six years. He was a member of the Clearwater Volunteer Fire Department, Concordia Lutheran Church, Fairhaven Township Board, Fairhaven Old Settlers Committee, and the Fairhaven Lions. He was awarded the Melvin Jones Award by the Lions Club. Gene enjoyed camping and woodworking.
Gene is preceded in death by his parents Albert and Edna Schlueter; brother Norman Schlueter; brother-in-law Lester Groth; and sister-in-law Mildred Schlueter.
He is survived by his wife Linda of St. Cloud; son Michael (and Vanessa) of Fair Haven; daughter Becky (and Roger) Block of St. Cloud; grandchildren Austyn, Logan, Talyn, Evan and Hannah; sisters Dorothy Groth of Sauk Rapids, Shirley (and Danny) Imholte of Princeton, Erma (and Raymond) Kremers of St. Cloud, and Darlene (and Walter) Looman of Fairhaven; brother Ralph of Minneapolis; and sister-in-law Marian Schlueter of Fair Haven.
The urn bearers will be Ed and Wanda Hanson, Harvey and Brenda Eggert, Bruce and Pete Knops. Arrangements are entrusted with Dingmann Funeral Care Burial & Cremation Services of Kimball. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.