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Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Eagan's first mayor dies - 6/23/1981 qj?0N1CJEfiWE a ,urrent newspap Vol. 2, No. 25 TWO SECTIONS June 23, 1981 Eagan s 5 first mayor yy dies Herbert Polzin, Eagan's first mayor, died June 12 at the age of. 75 at Divine Redeemer Hospital in xa South St. Paul. 1 Funeral services were held June 15 at Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Paul c Interment was at Acacia Park Cemetery in Mendota Heights.y He is survived by his wife Agnes; son and daughter-in-law Herbert and Carol of Dundee, Il.; grandchildren Matthew and Lindsay; and sisters Esther Rahn p\ x and Florence Polzin of Mendota Heights. \ p 6 d" Polzin's parents were German gft immigrants who moved to a farm r in Eagan in 1901. Polzin was born on the farm in 1906 and continued to live there all his life. He operated the 100-acre dairy harm until 1974, when he retired. He also worked part-time for the U.S. Postal Service. ~ Polzin contributed a lifetime of public service to Eagan. At the age of 21 he was an election judge. In 1944 he took over the task of Herb Polzin township treasurer at a salary of $100 a year. He served as treasurer until 1972. He was also moderator village. Polzin was elected in The city cot ncil voted June 16 of the annual township meetings Eagan's first mayoral contest in to dedicate tht city's history book from 1945 to 1964. November, 1972. He served as to Polzin, who served on the It was Polzin who first brought mayor through December, 1977. history comm, ttee. to the attention of the township Polzin has received citations for A memorial fund for Polzin has clerk and supervisors the need'for community service from the City been set up at Mid-America community planning back in the of Eagan, Dakota County, the National Banl. City Administrator mid-1950's. The supervisors Dakota County Development Tom Hedges i ; treasurer of the followed his advice and established Association, the Northern Dakota account. Checks should be made a planning commission in March County Chamber of Commerce payable to the Herbert Polzin of 1956. Polzin served on the and the Minnesota Mayor's Memorial Fur d and sent to Hedges commission for 16 years and was Association. He also was given the at City Hall. ''he Polzin family chairman from 1968 to 1972. Order of Knighthood by King will decide lat !r to which charity Eagan's township days ended in Boreas Rex of the St. Paul Winter the money wil be donated. 1972 when the city became a Carnival.