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Virgil W. Luken
Luken, Virgil W. age 80 of Minnetonka. MN, died June 10, 2023 after a brief illness. Survived by wife, Tania; daughter, Amy; and son, Ross Luken. Born and raised in south Minneapolis, he was an All-America high school swimmer, 9x collegiate All-American, Olympian (1964), and National Masters Swimming Champion with 12 national titles, eight national age group records. Coaching and developing young athletes was a highlight of his life with many state champions and national qualifiers who were successful in life as parents, physicians, lawyers, business owners, engineers, corporate heads, senators, governor, and a national broadcaster. A pool builder/designer who cared about the product for health and wellbeing. His life was characterized by humility and integrity. A visitation will be held on Thursday, June 15, from 4-7 PM. Memorial service on Friday, June 16, at 1 PM, with visitation one hour prior, all at: Washburn-McReavy.com Edina Chapel 952-920-3996 West 50th St. & Hwy 100
Published on June 14, 2023
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Bruce R. Miller
This is a hard one for me. I grew up with Virg. It was because of him that I went out for swimming in my senior year. During the summers of 1952 -1959, we would go over to the big beach, (lake Nokomis) and we played tag off the big dock. Virg could never catch me and because of this, I tried for the team.
It was then I found out that he and I swam different events. We set a record for the Medly relay, Virg was the Breaststroke guy and I was the Freestyle guy.
After Highschool we would run into each other from time to time and reminis. I have not seen him since the 50th class reunion, but from time to time I think of the good times. There is a pictue above my desk at home of Virg, Carl Wagner, Steve Revoir and myself the brings back great times and memories.
Steven Revor
Virgil and I used to work at a Girl Scouts Camp. I enjoyed working with him. It's too bad we did not keep in contact.