The memorial service for Constance (Connie) Gladys Hoyne of Albert Lea, MN will be
11:00 a.m. on Friday at Grace Lutheran Church. Pastor Joel Erickson will officiate. Interment will be in Lunder Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church.
Constance died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at Thorne-Crest Retirement Center. She was 97 years old.
Constance was born at Hartland, MN, November10, 1913. Her parents were Paul and Bertha (Evans) Lynne. She was baptized and confirmed in what is now the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Hartland, MN. She attended schools at Hartland and Mankato, MN.
She had been an employee of Kraft Foods in the 1940's. She married Herbert Hoyne at Hartland, MN, September 17, 1945.
She was a long time member of Grace Lutheran Church where she served on the church council, taught Sunday School, and was an Altar Guild member.
Her main hobby was growing and caring for her flower and vegetable gardens. She also kept up on current events through extensive reading.
She is survived by her son: Phillip of Manly, IA; a sister: Marcella (Bernard) Paulsen of Lowville, NY; a sister-in-law: Dorothy Holmquist of Albert Lea, MN; nieces, nephews, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband Herbert; her parents; and infant son, Allen; her brother, Evans Lynne; sisters-in-law: Lillian, Arvilla, and Mary Hoyne, and Bernice Hanson; brothers-in-law: Grant, Alert, Clifford, Lloyd and Earl Hoyne.