Retired Pastor of First Lutheran Church of White Bear Lake, MN Age 97 of Minneapolis. Our beloved Father and Husband passed away on October 27, 2015. ​Preceded in death by wife Nina Bernice Magnuson 1963, daughter Miriam Magnuson Rowe 2008. Survived by wife Veda A. Magnuson (nee Hult), children Mary (Walter) Christofferson, Martha Magnuson and Norman E. (Gwendelyn) Magnuson, son-in-law Allan Rowe. Grandchildren Andrew Kellerman, Emily Kellerman, Ethan Kellerman, Rhys Magnuson, Amanda Rowe Fowler and John Magnuson. Visitation Friday, October 30, 2015 from 4-7 PM and 9-11:00 AM, Saturday, October 31, 2015 with Funeral Service at 11:00 AM on Saturday at First Lutheran Church, 4000 Linden Ave; White Bear Lake, MN. Interment Resurrection Cemetery, St. Peter, Minnesota. Memorial donations may be made in Norman's name to First Lutheran Church and the Magnuson Christian School in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.