Florence Ottum, 79, of Stanchfield died suddenly on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at her home in Nessel Township.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch. Private interment will be at the Calvary Lutheran Cemetery at Rush Lake.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010 for one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.
Florence M. Ottum was born on March 3, 1931 to Eddie and Grace Ottum. She attended rural grade schools in Watonwan County. She was confirmed at the Long Lake Evangelical Lutheran church and graduated from St. James High School in 1948. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in business education from Mankato State College in 1951. She taught commercial subjects for two years and held numerous typist positions. She attended graduate school at Colorado State College in Greeley and the University of Colorado in Boulder.
For sixteen years she was employed as a secretary at Longyear Company in Minneapolis. For another sixteen years she assisted her brother James with his beef cattle and farming operations. Her special interests were flower gardening, decorating and reading.
Survivors include her aunt, Violet Gerken; cousins, Joane Gerken of Roberts, WI, Barbara Rinne of St. James, MN, Carl Gerken of St. Paul, MN and Ronnie Gerken of Andover, MN.
Florence was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Grace Ottum; sister, Margaret and brother, James.
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Florence Ottum, 79, of Stanchfield died suddenly on Saturday, July 10, 2010 at her home in Nessel Township.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Grandstrand Funeral Home in North Branch. Private interment will be at the Calvary Lutheran Cemetery at Rush Lake.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2010 for one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.
Florence M. Ottum was born on March 3, 1931 to Eddie and Grace Ottum. She attended rural grade schools in Watonwan County. She was confirmed at the Long Lake Evangelical Lutheran church and graduated from St. James High School in 1948. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in business education from Mankato State College in 1951. She taught commercial subjects for two years and held numerous typist positions. She attended graduate school at Colorado State College in Greeley and the University of Colorado in Boulder.
For sixteen years she was employed as a secretary at Longyear Company in Minneapolis. For another sixteen years she assisted her brother James with his beef cattle and farming operations. Her special interests were flower gardening, decorating and reading.
Survivors include her aunt, Violet Gerken; cousins, Joane Gerken of Roberts, WI, Barbara Rinne of St. James, MN, Carl Gerken of St. Paul, MN and Ronnie Gerken of Andover, MN.
Florence was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Grace Ottum; sister, Margaret and brother, James.
