Mildred Halvorson

Mildred Minnie Clara Halvorson, age 89, of Wells, MN, died Monday, January 22, 2018 at Parkview Care Center in Wells, MN. A funeral service will be held Friday, January 26, 2018, at 10:30 AM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wells, with Pr. Mary Iverson officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Interment will be at Rosehill Cemetery in Wells. Mildred Minnie Clara was born July 4, 1928 in rural Wells, the daughter of Carl and Leona (Schinke) Rauschenberger. She attended country school. She was united in marriage to Harland Halvorson April 8, 1948, at St. Paul's UCC in rural Minnesota Lake, and to this union 4 children were born. Millie worked at Meryl's Style Shop for many years. She was a loyal and faithful member of St. Paul's United Church of Christ and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She loved baking, cooking, entertaining, playing Canasta and cards, gardening, and flowers. She enjoyed spending time with friends. Family was most important to Millie, and she loved spending time with them. Millie is preceded in death by her husband, Harland; parents; daughter, Pam (Halvorson) Franko; special friend, Les Tiedman; 2 sisters-in-law Rose (Alan) Faleide, and Jeannine (Bob) Kitson; and 3 brothers-in-law: Herluf Pedersen, Arno Mathews, and Terry Halvorson. She is survived by her children: Dawn (David) Erdner of Wells, MN, Nona (Bill) Boyes of Faribault, MN, Randy (Nancy) Halvorson of Kansas City, KS, and son-in-law Rev. Jeff Franko of Winona, MN; 6 grandchildren: Erik (Audrey) Franko of West Bend, IN, Reese (Chris) Druckenmiller of Wells, MN, Ben (Elizabeth) Erdner of Wells, MN, Billie Boyes of Faribault, MN, Scott (Jenna) Halvorson and Marie (Blake) Curdy all of Kansas City, KS; 6 great-grandchildren; sister, Ruth Pedersen of Alden, MN; sisters-in-law Laurel Mathews of Blue Earth, MN, and Joanne Halvorson of Bricelyn, MN; niece and nephew: Deb Pedersen and Steve Pedersen both of Alden, MN.