CONNIE LYNN OSMUNDSON 1948-2007

LYNGAAS, OSMUNDSON, TIMMERMAN

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 3/23/2007 at 12:15:37

Connie Osmundson

Connie Lynn Osmundson, 59, of Postville, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at the home of her sister in Decorah, Iowa following a battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 10 at 2 P.M. at Zion Lutheran Church in Castalia, Iowa. In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to Luther College to fund the "Gudrun Lyngaas Osmundson Scholarship Fund for Excellence in Nursing." Cremation Society of Eastern-Central-Western Iowa entrusted with the arrangements.

Survivors include her sister; Delores Timmerman of Decorah, Iowa; nieces and nephews, Gary Timmerman of Decorah, Kathy Steege of Maynard, Karen Vanderbilt of Washington, and Becky Timmerman of California.

Connie was preceded in death by her parents and a sister Vivian.

Connie Lynn Osmundson was born January 22, 1948 in West Union, Iowa to Clifford and Gudrun Lyngaas Osmundson. She received a Masters degree in Nursing from Luther College and had worked at Iowa City Hospital, Prairie Care Center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin and The Mosaic in Waukon, Iowa. She was a member of the St Paul Lutheran Church, Postville. Also a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing. Connie enjoyed flower gardening and supported health, environmental, social justice, and Norwegian heritage organizations.

Postville Herald-Leader, March 14, 2007