John Louis Lindberg, age 73, passed away Nov. 13, 2025, at his home in West Marshland Township of Grantsburg, Wisconsin.
John was born July 28, 1952, to Andrew Arnold and Elsa Lou Ann (Lund) Lindberg in Grantsburg. John attended Grantsburg School and graduated from Grantsburg High School in 1970.
John was a bashful guy but excelled in school. Known for his mathematical abilities in high school, Mr. Dick Peper would give him long complicated oral math problems and he rarely got one wrong. John had fond memories of playing tuba in the band and going on the Faith Lutheran Church yearly trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
John attended UW-River Falls for a short time but realized he wouldn’t be able to make it financially, and he acknowledged that he really missed his hometown and family. John would later attend a machine shop class and start his career at Parker-Hannifan in Grantsburg. John medically retired from Parker in 2009 after 35+ years with the company.
In 1977, John met Sandra Davidsavor (Dyer). Sandy was the love of John’s life and the two married on May 27, 1978. Sandy had two children, Alyce and Mitchell, who would become his bonus children.
In April of 1979, John and Sandy’s daughter Jessica was born, and in June 1981 their daughter Rose was born.
John became ill with kidney failure in the early 1980s and was on dialysis for his kidneys until he received his first transplant. John’s kidney transplant was failing so in Oct. 2000 he received another kidney transplant from his daughter Jessica. Despite chronic illnesses and being immunocompromised, John and Sandy traveled. Their favorite place to visit was the North Shore of Lake Superior with one of the trips being 11 days long on the big lake. A recent trip in August to visit his daughter, Rose, would be his last trip – John got to see his favorite band at Red Rocks which was “incredible” to him. John also enjoyed traveling to the Milwaukee area to visit his cousin, Sid.
On November 19, 2017, Sandy passed away from a short battle with cancer. This was devastating to John, and he never really recovered from that loss.
John had a great faith in Jesus Christ and was a member of New Hope Lutheran Church in Grantsburg serving on church council and singing in the choir. He loved making new friends in church and reconnecting with old ones.
John was a proud grandpa to Alyce’s son, Nicholas; Mitch’s daughter, Michelle; Jessica’s son, Robert; and Rose’s sons, Silas and Gage.
John loved music and loved playing his guitar – some friends he would play with were Ed, Mike, Louie and Nick; and jamming with his cousin Bill. He also was a golfer, playing on many leagues in Grantsburg and whenever he could. Baseball was his passion though – he loved watching the sport and traveled to quite a few baseball parks over his life. John also enjoyed working with the trees – something he learned from his father-in-law, Bob.
John is survived by daughters, Jessica Mott (John) and Rose Olson (Karl); bonus children, Alyce Davidsavor and Mitchell Davidsavor (Okyo); grandchildren, Nick Davidsavor (Mary), Michelle Davidsavor (Dalton), Robert Mott, and Silas and Gage Olson; and great-grandchildren, Isaac, Anders, William, and Emelia. He is also survived by sister, Mary Jane Jensen (Arlen); brother, Paul Lindberg (Janet); and sisters-in-law, Alice Swenson (Steve) and Bonnie Perry; along with many nieces, nephews, and friends.
John was preceded in death by his parents, Arnie and Lou Ann; loving wife, Sandy; brothers, Duane Lindberg and Marion Lindberg; sister, Andrea Holm; father and mother-in-law, Bob and Rose Dyer; brothers-in-law, Terry Dyer, Bob Dyer and Gene Perry; and sisters-in-law, Roberta Dyer and Jane Lindberg.
Services for John will be Friday, Nov. 21, at New Hope Lutheran in Grantsburg, with visitation from 10 – 11 a.m., and 11 a.m. funeral service with luncheon to follow at the church. The burial will be at Ekdall Cemetery at 2 p.m.
