April Joy Larson was born April 29, 1953 in Buffalo, Minnesota to Durund Hayes  and Hope Evan LaVine.  She attended Dixon Country School near Buffalo. The family moved to Bagley and she graduated from Bagley High school in 1971. 

April entered the Marines Corps on June 10, 1972 and was sent to Parris Island, South Carolina for boot camp. She received further training in administration at Quantico, Virginia.  Her duties took her to Minneapolis, Minnesota, Beaufort, South Carolina and Desert Storm. She was attached to H_MS47, MWSG-47, and  MWSS-471. She was honorably discharged in June of 1996. 

April and her husband Travis currently live in Bagley.

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