RUSHFORD -- The funeral for Amy A. Larson will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Hoff Funeral Homes-Rushford Chapel, with Terry Rasmussen officiating. Burial will be in Choice Cemetery.
Mrs. Larson, 91, of Rushford, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2007) at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford.
Amy Johnson was born Sept. 7, 1915, near Choice, Minn., grew up in Fillmore County and attended the Grubtown School in Highland. On Nov. 4, 1934, she married Cyrus Larson. She farmed with her husband in Fillmore County, where she reared her six children. She worked for more than 20 years at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home. She was a member of the Rushford Lutheran Church and enjoyed being active in the church's ladies aid. She also liked playing piano, gardening, visiting family and friends and making quilts for her family.
Survivors include two sons, Conrad (Rachael) of Minneapolis and Jerold (Cheryl) of Winona; four daughters, Dorothy (Ralph) Pruka of Rockford, Ill., Marlene (Lester) Bellock of Peterson, Brenda (Glenn) Erdmann of Winona and Andrea Erving of Denver; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wallace (Linda) Johnson of Decorah, Iowa; and three sisters, Lorraine Benson of Rushford, Vivian Stennes of Mabel and Ione Hanson of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and an hour before the service Friday at the funeral home.
The family prefers memorials to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home.
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Mrs. Larson, 91, of Rushford, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2007) at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford.
Amy Johnson was born Sept. 7, 1915, near Choice, Minn., grew up in Fillmore County and attended the Grubtown School in Highland. On Nov. 4, 1934, she married Cyrus Larson. She farmed with her husband in Fillmore County, where she reared her six children. She worked for more than 20 years at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home. She was a member of the Rushford Lutheran Church and enjoyed being active in the church's ladies aid. She also liked playing piano, gardening, visiting family and friends and making quilts for her family.
Survivors include two sons, Conrad (Rachael) of Minneapolis and Jerold (Cheryl) of Winona; four daughters, Dorothy (Ralph) Pruka of Rockford, Ill., Marlene (Lester) Bellock of Peterson, Brenda (Glenn) Erdmann of Winona and Andrea Erving of Denver; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wallace (Linda) Johnson of Decorah, Iowa; and three sisters, Lorraine Benson of Rushford, Vivian Stennes of Mabel and Ione Hanson of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and an hour before the service Friday at the funeral home.
The family prefers memorials to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home.
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RUSHFORD -- The funeral for Amy A. Larson will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Hoff Funeral Homes-Rushford Chapel, with Terry Rasmussen officiating. Burial will be in Choice Cemetery.
Mrs. Larson, 91, of Rushford, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2007) at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford.
Amy Johnson was born Sept. 7, 1915, near Choice, Minn., grew up in Fillmore County and attended the Grubtown School in Highland. On Nov. 4, 1934, she married Cyrus Larson. She farmed with her husband in Fillmore County, where she reared her six children. She worked for more than 20 years at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home. She was a member of the Rushford Lutheran Church and enjoyed being active in the church's ladies aid. She also liked playing piano, gardening, visiting family and friends and making quilts for her family.
Survivors include two sons, Conrad (Rachael) of Minneapolis and Jerold (Cheryl) of Winona; four daughters, Dorothy (Ralph) Pruka of Rockford, Ill., Marlene (Lester) Bellock of Peterson, Brenda (Glenn) Erdmann of Winona and Andrea Erving of Denver; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wallace (Linda) Johnson of Decorah, Iowa; and three sisters, Lorraine Benson of Rushford, Vivian Stennes of Mabel and Ione Hanson of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and an hour before the service Friday at the funeral home.
The family prefers memorials to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home.
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Mrs. Larson, 91, of Rushford, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2007) at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford.
Amy Johnson was born Sept. 7, 1915, near Choice, Minn., grew up in Fillmore County and attended the Grubtown School in Highland. On Nov. 4, 1934, she married Cyrus Larson. She farmed with her husband in Fillmore County, where she reared her six children. She worked for more than 20 years at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home. She was a member of the Rushford Lutheran Church and enjoyed being active in the church's ladies aid. She also liked playing piano, gardening, visiting family and friends and making quilts for her family.
Survivors include two sons, Conrad (Rachael) of Minneapolis and Jerold (Cheryl) of Winona; four daughters, Dorothy (Ralph) Pruka of Rockford, Ill., Marlene (Lester) Bellock of Peterson, Brenda (Glenn) Erdmann of Winona and Andrea Erving of Denver; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wallace (Linda) Johnson of Decorah, Iowa; and three sisters, Lorraine Benson of Rushford, Vivian Stennes of Mabel and Ione Hanson of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, and an hour before the service Friday at the funeral home.
The family prefers memorials to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home.
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