Dagny Sollie passed away April 25, 2013 after a courageous twenty-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Dagny was the middle of five children born to Adolph and Esther Marking on a farm near Holmen, Wisconsin. She attended a one-room school and then graduated from West Salem High. She earned a Bachelor's degree from La Crosse State Teacher's College and taught Spanish and History at Beloit, Wisconsin and at Patrick Henry in Minneapolis. Dagny met Stanley, an Army doctor and her husband to be, in the choir of the Hope University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis in 1962. They were married June 22, 1963
in Dagny's home-town of West Salem, Wisconsin. Stan's assignment to Viet-Nam as a Flight Surgeon necessitated them to be separated for the first year of their marriage. Their military tours included Florida, Texas, Frankfurt, Germany and Ft. Lewis Washington. They remained in Tacoma, Washington after military retirement for the thirteen years of Stan's subsequent private practice (ophthalmology) and until Dagny's health problems necessitated their move to a retirement home in Carlsbad, California in 2009.
Dagny is survived by Stanley, her husband of fifty years; daughter, Naomi (Kurt) Junge, son-in-law Kurt and grandsons Brendon, Nicholas and Sam Junge of Cardiff-by-the-Sea; and daughter Elizabeth Sollie, currently of Perth Australia. Dagny is also survived by her brothers Arne Marking and Ralph (Norma) Marking in Wisconsin, sister Anne (Myrvin) Christopherson in Iowa and sister Ingrid (Gary) Wynveen in Wisconsin. Dagny was preceded in death by her parents and her parents-in-law, Hjalmer and Paulene Sollie, of Fertile, Minnesota.
Dagny's strong Lutheran faith was a source of strength throughout her entire life-one marked by a significant amount of suffering from medical problems. Despite that, she never complained and was a totally devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a fastidious housekeeper with excellent taste in home decor and furnishing. She was a gourmet cook and relished serving elegant meals to family and guests. She had a firm policy that anyone entering her home, no matter how briefly, could not leave without having coffee and dessert. She could always be counted on to provide great quantities of food for any church function. She was also an accomplished seamstress, gardener and Sunday school teacher.
In addition to church functions Dagny was deeply involved with many cultural organizations in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the boards of such groups as the Tacoma Philharmonic and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Dagny was an excellent skier and enjoyed biking, especially with that important family member, our Weimaraner dog. She traveled extensively and together with Stan visited all of the continents except Antarctica. Their favorite destination was Norway, the home of their ancestors.
She was a wonderful woman and will be greatly missed. Even when severely disabled, her sweetness and personality were obvious-she was loved by everyone. She was a strong person but eventually succumbed peacefully to her disease at age 76. Being assured of life eternal with God, she did not fear death.
Memorial donations may be given to a charity of your choice or to a research project by Dagny's Neurologist, Dr. Melissa Houser, at Summit4StemCell.org.
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in Dagny's home-town of West Salem, Wisconsin. Stan's assignment to Viet-Nam as a Flight Surgeon necessitated them to be separated for the first year of their marriage. Their military tours included Florida, Texas, Frankfurt, Germany and Ft. Lewis Washington. They remained in Tacoma, Washington after military retirement for the thirteen years of Stan's subsequent private practice (ophthalmology) and until Dagny's health problems necessitated their move to a retirement home in Carlsbad, California in 2009.
Dagny is survived by Stanley, her husband of fifty years; daughter, Naomi (Kurt) Junge, son-in-law Kurt and grandsons Brendon, Nicholas and Sam Junge of Cardiff-by-the-Sea; and daughter Elizabeth Sollie, currently of Perth Australia. Dagny is also survived by her brothers Arne Marking and Ralph (Norma) Marking in Wisconsin, sister Anne (Myrvin) Christopherson in Iowa and sister Ingrid (Gary) Wynveen in Wisconsin. Dagny was preceded in death by her parents and her parents-in-law, Hjalmer and Paulene Sollie, of Fertile, Minnesota.
Dagny's strong Lutheran faith was a source of strength throughout her entire life-one marked by a significant amount of suffering from medical problems. Despite that, she never complained and was a totally devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a fastidious housekeeper with excellent taste in home decor and furnishing. She was a gourmet cook and relished serving elegant meals to family and guests. She had a firm policy that anyone entering her home, no matter how briefly, could not leave without having coffee and dessert. She could always be counted on to provide great quantities of food for any church function. She was also an accomplished seamstress, gardener and Sunday school teacher.
In addition to church functions Dagny was deeply involved with many cultural organizations in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the boards of such groups as the Tacoma Philharmonic and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Dagny was an excellent skier and enjoyed biking, especially with that important family member, our Weimaraner dog. She traveled extensively and together with Stan visited all of the continents except Antarctica. Their favorite destination was Norway, the home of their ancestors.
She was a wonderful woman and will be greatly missed. Even when severely disabled, her sweetness and personality were obvious-she was loved by everyone. She was a strong person but eventually succumbed peacefully to her disease at age 76. Being assured of life eternal with God, she did not fear death.
Memorial donations may be given to a charity of your choice or to a research project by Dagny's Neurologist, Dr. Melissa Houser, at Summit4StemCell.org.
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Dagny Sollie passed away April 25, 2013 after a courageous twenty-year battle with Parkinson's disease. Dagny was the middle of five children born to Adolph and Esther Marking on a farm near Holmen, Wisconsin. She attended a one-room school and then graduated from West Salem High. She earned a Bachelor's degree from La Crosse State Teacher's College and taught Spanish and History at Beloit, Wisconsin and at Patrick Henry in Minneapolis. Dagny met Stanley, an Army doctor and her husband to be, in the choir of the Hope University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis in 1962. They were married June 22, 1963
in Dagny's home-town of West Salem, Wisconsin. Stan's assignment to Viet-Nam as a Flight Surgeon necessitated them to be separated for the first year of their marriage. Their military tours included Florida, Texas, Frankfurt, Germany and Ft. Lewis Washington. They remained in Tacoma, Washington after military retirement for the thirteen years of Stan's subsequent private practice (ophthalmology) and until Dagny's health problems necessitated their move to a retirement home in Carlsbad, California in 2009.
Dagny is survived by Stanley, her husband of fifty years; daughter, Naomi (Kurt) Junge, son-in-law Kurt and grandsons Brendon, Nicholas and Sam Junge of Cardiff-by-the-Sea; and daughter Elizabeth Sollie, currently of Perth Australia. Dagny is also survived by her brothers Arne Marking and Ralph (Norma) Marking in Wisconsin, sister Anne (Myrvin) Christopherson in Iowa and sister Ingrid (Gary) Wynveen in Wisconsin. Dagny was preceded in death by her parents and her parents-in-law, Hjalmer and Paulene Sollie, of Fertile, Minnesota.
Dagny's strong Lutheran faith was a source of strength throughout her entire life-one marked by a significant amount of suffering from medical problems. Despite that, she never complained and was a totally devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a fastidious housekeeper with excellent taste in home decor and furnishing. She was a gourmet cook and relished serving elegant meals to family and guests. She had a firm policy that anyone entering her home, no matter how briefly, could not leave without having coffee and dessert. She could always be counted on to provide great quantities of food for any church function. She was also an accomplished seamstress, gardener and Sunday school teacher.
In addition to church functions Dagny was deeply involved with many cultural organizations in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the boards of such groups as the Tacoma Philharmonic and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Dagny was an excellent skier and enjoyed biking, especially with that important family member, our Weimaraner dog. She traveled extensively and together with Stan visited all of the continents except Antarctica. Their favorite destination was Norway, the home of their ancestors.
She was a wonderful woman and will be greatly missed. Even when severely disabled, her sweetness and personality were obvious-she was loved by everyone. She was a strong person but eventually succumbed peacefully to her disease at age 76. Being assured of life eternal with God, she did not fear death.
Memorial donations may be given to a charity of your choice or to a research project by Dagny's Neurologist, Dr. Melissa Houser, at Summit4StemCell.org.
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in Dagny's home-town of West Salem, Wisconsin. Stan's assignment to Viet-Nam as a Flight Surgeon necessitated them to be separated for the first year of their marriage. Their military tours included Florida, Texas, Frankfurt, Germany and Ft. Lewis Washington. They remained in Tacoma, Washington after military retirement for the thirteen years of Stan's subsequent private practice (ophthalmology) and until Dagny's health problems necessitated their move to a retirement home in Carlsbad, California in 2009.
Dagny is survived by Stanley, her husband of fifty years; daughter, Naomi (Kurt) Junge, son-in-law Kurt and grandsons Brendon, Nicholas and Sam Junge of Cardiff-by-the-Sea; and daughter Elizabeth Sollie, currently of Perth Australia. Dagny is also survived by her brothers Arne Marking and Ralph (Norma) Marking in Wisconsin, sister Anne (Myrvin) Christopherson in Iowa and sister Ingrid (Gary) Wynveen in Wisconsin. Dagny was preceded in death by her parents and her parents-in-law, Hjalmer and Paulene Sollie, of Fertile, Minnesota.
Dagny's strong Lutheran faith was a source of strength throughout her entire life-one marked by a significant amount of suffering from medical problems. Despite that, she never complained and was a totally devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was a fastidious housekeeper with excellent taste in home decor and furnishing. She was a gourmet cook and relished serving elegant meals to family and guests. She had a firm policy that anyone entering her home, no matter how briefly, could not leave without having coffee and dessert. She could always be counted on to provide great quantities of food for any church function. She was also an accomplished seamstress, gardener and Sunday school teacher.
In addition to church functions Dagny was deeply involved with many cultural organizations in Tacoma, Washington. She served for many years on the boards of such groups as the Tacoma Philharmonic and the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Dagny was an excellent skier and enjoyed biking, especially with that important family member, our Weimaraner dog. She traveled extensively and together with Stan visited all of the continents except Antarctica. Their favorite destination was Norway, the home of their ancestors.
She was a wonderful woman and will be greatly missed. Even when severely disabled, her sweetness and personality were obvious-she was loved by everyone. She was a strong person but eventually succumbed peacefully to her disease at age 76. Being assured of life eternal with God, she did not fear death.
Memorial donations may be given to a charity of your choice or to a research project by Dagny's Neurologist, Dr. Melissa Houser, at Summit4StemCell.org.
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