Sebastian, Lillie (Bakken) 1926-1997

SEBASTIAN, BAKKEN, FRETHEIM, GREENSLADE, RIECKS, SULLIVAN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/14/2013 at 18:40:02

Source: Cresco Times Plain Dealer July 9, 1997

Sebastian services held today, July 9

Funeral services for Lillie Sebastian will be held at 11:00 a.m., today, Wednesday, July 9, at First Lutheran Church in Cresco with interment in Lincoln Lutheran Cemetery in Ridgeway with the Rev. Gary Lee officiating. Lindstrom Funeral Home in Cresco is in charge of arrangements.

Lillie Sebastian, 71, of Cresco died Saturday, July 5, 1997 at her home.

Lillie was born in Ridgeway on February 17, 1926, the daughter of Henry and Gloria (Fretheim) Bakken. She graduated from Cresco High School and was a lifetime resident of Cresco. She was an active member of First Lutheran Church in Cresco. Lillie was a homemaker and employed outside of the home until her retirement seven years ago, when she then enjoyed babysitting in her home.

She and Melvin Sebastian were married February 26, 1947 and had four sons: Ronald of Eldridge; Robert of Preston, MN; Roger of Salt Lake City, UT; and Richard of Cresco.

Lillie is survived by her four sons; nine grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Lorraine Greenslade of Harmony, MN, and Dolly Riecks of Cresco.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Orvin and Roger Bakken; and two sisters, Viola in infancy and Gladys Sullivan.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.

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