LARSEN, Stella Henrietta (Jacobson) 1917-2004

LARSEN, JACOBSON, PEDERSON, NELSON, BONNETT, STEVENSONS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 10/3/2011 at 16:23:49

Stella Henrietta (Jacobson) Larsen 1917-2004

Services for Stella Henrietta Larsen, 86, of Albertville were Monday, April 12, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. at Life In Christ Lutheran Church in Albertville.

Officiating was Rev. Michael Trask. Interment was held in Riverside Cemetery in Riceville, Iowa.

Mrs. Larsen died Friday, April 9, at the Delano Health Care Center in Delano.

She was born Dec. 26, 1917, in rural Winneshiek County, Iowa, to Bennie J. and Salema M. (Pederson) Jacobson. She attended and graduated from Cresco High School in 1937. She was united in marriage to Leonard L. Larsen in 1939 and to this union were born two children, Sharon and David.

She was an employee of Riceville Hospital, until she came to Minneapolis in 1961. She retired from St. Mary's Hospital in 1983 and moved to the St. Michael-Albertville area and made a home with her daughter and family.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Burdette; brother-in-laws Victor, Nelson (Duke), Elmer (Kenneth) and Duwayne Larsen; sisters-in-law, Arlene Bonnett, Laura and Mildred Stevensons; former husband, Leonard; son, David, and her furry feline friend. Sniffles.

She is survived by daughter, Sharon Nelson; daughter-in-law, Sue Larsen, special son, Lonny Larsen; grandsons, William, Steven, James and Michael Nelson, Dan and Eric Larsen; granddaughter, Sheryl Kraft; 12 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Elaine Jacobson; sisters, Wilda, Norma and Shirley, Marlys; and many nieces and nephews.

Sherwood Voice, Sherwood, AR; Saturday July 17, 2004