Mildred Leona (Lonning) MIKKELSEN

MIKKELSEN, LONNING, HANSON, FURNBERG, SWAN, GREEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 12/31/2010 at 11:26:00

March 21, 1915 -- December 14, 2010

BRITT, IA - Mildred "Mid" Mikkelsen, 95, of Britt died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt. The family will hold a private interment service at Crystal Township Cemetery in Crystal Lake on Tuesday, Dec. 21. A memorial service will be held at a later date to be determined. There will be no visitation. Cataldo Funeral Home in Britt is in charge of arrangements.

Mildred Leona Mikkelsen, the youngest of five children of Severt and Louise (Hanson) Lonning, was born on the family farm near Kanawha on March 21, 1915. The family later moved to a farm near Crystal Lake where Mid attended school. She graduated from Crystal Lake High School in 1931. On Dec. 18, 1934, she was united in marriage with Joseph Mikkelsen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They established their home on the original Mikkelsen farm in Crystal Township. In 1943 they moved to their own farm where they lived until 1997. Joe and Mid retired from active farming in 1979. In 1997, they moved to Britt just prior to Joe's passing. Mid was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith, and her life centered on the Upper Flat Evangelical Free Church where she was a member most of her adult life. She served her Lord in a number of capacities, including church choir, Sunday school teacher, Ladies Aid Society, treasurer, and a host of other activities. Mid was a member of the Nota Bene Club and Happy Homemakers Club. She was an avid reader, quilter and gardener.

Mid is survived by her daughter, Mona Furnberg and her husband Carlton, of Livermore, Calif.; two sons, Philip of Clarinda, Iowa, and Dan and his wife Christine, of Dover, Del.; 10 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe in 1997; son, John; her parents; two sisters, Gunda Swan and Evelyn Fern Green; and two brothers, Arthur and Lawrence Lonning. Cataldo Funeral Home.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
December 17, 2010