Nyhus, Lorraine Mary (1917-2015)
NYHUS, MUNSON, BENSON, FICK, KELLIS, SWENSON, PEDERSON, BAKKEN, GUSTAFSON
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 10/18/2015 at 11:42:54
Lorraine Mary Nyhus
January 18, 1917 - October 12, 2015FOREST CITY – Lorraine M. Nyhus, 98, of Forest City, died on Monday, October 12, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Center in Forest City.
Lorraine Mary Nyhus, a daughter of Louis and Mary (Munson) Nyhus, was born on January 18, 1917, in Forest City. In due course, she graduated from Forest City High School, Waldorf College, and Drake University. After teaching country school for ten years, she accepted a teaching position in the Ventura Community Schools. She retired after teaching there for thirty-nine years.
Lorraine enjoyed traveling with her sister Ruth, tending to her flowers, gardening, shopping, maintaining her farm, and spending time in the outdoors as well as with her family and friends.
An active member of the United Methodist Church, the Winnebago Retired Teachers Association, and a former member of the Lioness Club, Lorraine is survived by her five nieces, Jane Benson, of Forest City, Kathy Fick, of Luverne, Minnesota, JoAnn Kellis, of Des Moines, Nancy Swenson, of Forest City, and Jean Pederson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; as well as by many grand nieces and nephews.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Harvey and Thomas Nyhus; her sisters, Edna Bakken, Helen Gustafson, and Ruth Nyhus; and a nephew Ron Bakken.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, October 17, 2015, at the United Methodist Church in Forest City with Pastor Chuck Layton officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Inurnment will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Forest City.
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