James Lundeen was born April 30, 1970 in St. Paul, MN but grew up in Center City a small town north of the Twin Cites. He graduated from Chisago Lakes High School in 1988 and then went on to attend college at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He graduated in 1992 with a Bachelor’s Degree majoring in Mortuary Science. He served his apprenticeship with the Edling Funeral Home in St Croix Falls. He was employed with Edling’s until 1994. From 1994 through 1996 he worked for the Everts Funeral Home in Glenwood City. In 1997 he moved to the Cameron area and began his employment with the then Mark Rausch Funeral Service until purchasing that business in 2006.