Mrs. CHARLES (Victoria Johnson) LARSON 1956-2003

SUNDSTROM, JOHNSON, LARSON, DUBA

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/2/2004 at 20:49:28

Victoria Larson

Telegraph Herald - Oct 23, 2003

Victoria Larson, 47, of Nisswa, Minn., formerly of Dubuque, died Monday, Oct. 20, 2003, at home.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Lutheran Church of the Cross, Nisswa, with Pastor Chris Meier officiating. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Friday at the church. The Nelson-Doran Funeral Home, Brainerd, Minn., is in charge of arrangements.

She was born on March 28, 1956, in Sioux Falls, S.D., daughter of Ronald and LaVon (Sundstrom) Johnson.

She was raised in Marshall, Minn., where she attended and graduated high school. She then attended the University of Minnesota, Waseca, where she earned a degree as a veterinarian technician.

She moved to Bemidji, Minn., shortly after, where she met Charles Larson. She and Charles married on June 9, 1979, in Bemidji. They moved to Iowa, where they lived for five years, before moving to the Brainerd area in 1986, where they have since made their home.

She was a past member of the Nisswa Women of Today, was very active in Alcoholics Anonymous for many years and was a fond lover of children and animals.

Surviving are her husband, Charles; her mother, LaVon, of Marshall; a brother, Todd (Jennifer) Johnson, of Hastings, Minn.; her uncle and godfather, Vern (Elly) Duba, of Minneapolis; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her father.