Holstein, Lillian C. Swanson (1921-2012)

HOLSTEIN, SWANSON, GREGERSEN, PORTER, PLANDER, WITZEL, GAFFEY, SAMUELSON, PLATT, TOOMER, COON

Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 1/29/2012 at 10:40:26

Lillian C. Swanson Holstein
February 07, 1921 - January 18, 2012

Lillian C. Swanson Holstein, age 90, of Brainerd, Minnesota, and formerly of Alta, Iowa, died on January 18, 2012, at the Bethany Good Samaritan Home, Brainerd, Minnesota.

Lillian Christine was born to Adolph and Maren Marie Gregersen on February 7, 1921, near Saratoga, Iowa. She was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Alta, Iowa. In 1938, she graduated from Fairview High School also near Alta. On April 29, 1941, she married Melvin Joel Swanson in Rockford, Illinois. Through the years, they were blessed with four daughters, Janet, Lorraine, Phyllis. and Joleen. In 1943, Melvin was drafted to serve in the south Pacific. Lillian and daughter Janet went to live with her parents. When Melvin returned from the war, they began farming in the Alta area.

Lillian was devoted to her family and gave herself to caring for people through her work at the Alta Hospital and her participation in church and community clubs. Lillian’s hands were always busy cooking, sewing, or knitting special gifts for those she loved. Melvin passed away suddenly in 1989. Lillian later married Raymond Holstein. He passed away in 2002.

Lillian resided at WEL-Life in Alta from 2002 to 2006. Then, she lived at the Good Samaritan Home in Newell, Iowa, until 2008 when she transferred to the Bethany Good Samaritan Home in Brainerd, Minnesota, residing there until the time of her passing.

Those left to cherish her memory include her daughters: Janet (Clayton) Porter, of Adel, Iowa, Lorraine (Bill) Plander, of Blaine, Minnesota, Phyllis (Don) Witzel, of Palmer, Alaska, and Joleen (Garny) Gaffey, of Pine River, Minnesota; twelve grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild; a sister, Clara (Melvin) Samuelson; a brother, Kenneth (Evelyn) Gregersen; and many nieces and nephews. Her Extended families include Ron and Kathy Holstein and family, Bob and Jeanette Holstein and family and Don and Sheryl Platt and family.

Lillian was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Marie Gregersen, her two husbands, Melvin Swanson and Raymond Holstein, a sister, Vivian Toomer, and a niece, Anita Coon.

Visitation: 11:00a.m. - 1:00 p.m., January 23, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta, Iowa.
Funeral Service: 1:00 p.m., January 23, 2012, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Alta, Iowa.
Interment: January 23, 2012, at the Scandinavian Cemetery in Alta, Iowa.

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