Delores Elsie DeFoe

Delores Elsie DeFoe obituary, Crystal, MN

Delores Elsie DeFoe

Delores DeFoe Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels - Saint Paul Chapel on May 7, 2025.

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Delores Elsie DeFoe formerly Robertson of Saint Paul, MN, went to her Heavenly Home, May 4, 2025, at the age of 91. She was born October 15, 1933, in Saint Paul, MN, the daughter of Eliot and Elsie Hanson. She married Robert "Bob" DeFoe on December 25, 1991, in Saint Paul Minnesota.
Delores is survived by brother Gordon Hanson; children Susan (Bill) Henry, Mike Robertson, Scott Robertson, and Gordy Robertson; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren and many other family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Bob DeFoe; and daughter Kathy; brothers Sonny and Douglas.
Funeral service Wednesday May 21 at Washburn-McReavy Shoreview Chapel, 515 Hwy 96 W, Shoreview, MN, at 11:00 AM with visitation at 10:00 AM.

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