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Janna Borchardt Obituary
WILLMAR, Minn. | Janna L. Borchardt, 51, of Willmar died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, in Willmar.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, 2015, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, with the Rev. Dan Gerrietts, Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in the Rock Falls Cemetery, Rock Falls.
Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at Major Erickson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be directed to Rice Hospice, 301 Becker Ave. S.W., Willmar, MN 56201, or the American Cancer Society.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Janna was born Nov. 24, 1963, in Mason City, the daughter of Wayne and Elaine (Kraft) Borchardt. She graduated from Nora Springs Rock Falls High School in 1982 and then North Iowa Area Community College, NIACC. Janna managed several GNC stores in North Iowa and Southern Minnesota. For the past several years, she worked as a nurse's aid at Bethesda Nursing Home in Willmar. Every year, Janna enjoyed attending the Minnesota State Fair. She was especially fond of her two cats, Pumpkin and Snowball.
Janna is survived by her two brothers, Brad Borchardt of Rock Falls and Lynn (Janet) Borchardt of Mason City; niece, Britney Borchardt and fiancé Mitch Roe of Mason City; two nephews, Tyler Borchardt of Ames and Logan Borchardt of Mason City; two aunts, Virginia Kraft of Nashua and Ardis Moss of Riceville; aunt and uncle, Bonnie and Dale Borchardt of Mason City.
Janna was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents, Fred and Anna Kraft and Carl and Gladys Borchardt; and uncle, Dick Moss.
Arrangements: Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City, IA 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
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