A 1974graduate of Princeton High School died in a plane crash on Oct. 12, United States time,  while part of a three-person crew operating a surveillance plane over Afghanistan.

The deceased, Randy Bergquist, 53, of Jacksonville, Fla., had attended Princeton Public Schools from eighth grade on after coming here from his native Bemidji. Steve VanHooser, Princeton, remembers Bergquist as a fellow wrestler and football player in school and hanging out with him as a friend. See more in Princeton Union-Eagle story by Joel Stottrup.

Bergquist is survived by his wife Pam, and their son Matt, 18, both of Jacksonville; by Randy’s mother Ruby, Bagley, Minn.; Randy’s brother Mike, Princeton; and sister Penny, Sauk Rapids.

RANDY BERGQUIST