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Jeanette
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Jeanette M. Tollefsrud
June 7, 1925 — September 18, 2013
Jeanette Tollefsrud, age 88, of Zumbrota, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Zumbrota Health Services. Funeral service will be on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Lands Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Pastor David Krinke officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, September 22, 2013 from 3:00 - 5:00 PM at the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Larson Chapel in Zumbrota and on Monday for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Jeanette Marion Lerfald was born on June 7, 1925 in Zumbrota Township, Goodhue County, MN to Ole and Kathryn (nee Weber) Lerfald. Jeanette attended District 112 Country School for eight years and then attended Zumbrota High School for the next four, graduating in June of 1943. On October 14, 1944 she married Lawrence E. Tollefsrud in Zumbrota. Following their marriage they farmed the Tollefsrud farm, west of Zumbrota. Along with helping on the farm, Jeanette worked at the Zumbrota Bakery for twenty one years and assisted her husband as custodian at Lands Lutheran Church for fourteen years. Lawrence died on December 21, 2001. Jeanette was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Minneola Homemakers Group and Zumbrota Tops Club. She enjoyed baking, mowing the lawn, life on the farm and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jeanette is survived by one daughter, Suzanne (Gary) Lewis of Cedar Rapids, IA; two sons, Paul (Nancy) Tollefsrud of Waconia, MN and Lyle (Penny) Tollefsrud of Eagan; daughter-in-law, Rita Tollefsrud of Rochester; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence; son, David Tollefsrud; sister, Irene Zimmerman and her parents, Ole and Kathryn.
Memorials are preferred to donor's choice or Lands Lutheran Church.
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Zumbrota, MN
Jeanette Marion Lerfald was born on June 7, 1925 in Zumbrota Township, Goodhue County, MN to Ole and Kathryn (nee Weber) Lerfald. Jeanette attended District 112 Country School for eight years and then attended Zumbrota High School for the next four, graduating in June of 1943. On October 14, 1944 she married Lawrence E. Tollefsrud in Zumbrota. Following their marriage they farmed the Tollefsrud farm, west of Zumbrota. Along with helping on the farm, Jeanette worked at the Zumbrota Bakery for twenty one years and assisted her husband as custodian at Lands Lutheran Church for fourteen years. Lawrence died on December 21, 2001. Jeanette was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, Minneola Homemakers Group and Zumbrota Tops Club. She enjoyed baking, mowing the lawn, life on the farm and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Jeanette is survived by one daughter, Suzanne (Gary) Lewis of Cedar Rapids, IA; two sons, Paul (Nancy) Tollefsrud of Waconia, MN and Lyle (Penny) Tollefsrud of Eagan; daughter-in-law, Rita Tollefsrud of Rochester; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence; son, David Tollefsrud; sister, Irene Zimmerman and her parents, Ole and Kathryn.
Memorials are preferred to donor's choice or Lands Lutheran Church.
www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com
Visitation
SEP 22. 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (CDT)
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Larson Chapel1475 Jefferson Drive
Zumbrota, MN 55992
Visitation
SEP 23. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (CDT)
Lands Lutheran ChurchZumbrota, MN
Service
SEP 23. 11:00 AM (CDT)
Lands Lutheran ChurchZumbrota, MN
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