Remembering the life of Joan E. Soller
The Memorial Service for Joan E. Soller of
Albert Lea
, will be held at
11:00 A.M. on Friday, November 28, 2008, at St. Theodore Catholic Church.
Father James Berning will officiate. Interment will be
St.
Theodore
Cemetery
. Friends may visit with family from 9:30 until the time of the service at the church.
Bonnerup Funeral Service is assisting the family with arrangements.
Joan was born on June 24, 1930, in
Greenbush
,
Minnesota
, the
daughter of Nicholas and Mary (Bozikowski) Kalinoski.
She graduated from
Greenbush
High School
and then complete
secretarial training at the Minnesota School of Business.
Joan worked for Canard Lines and then as a legal secretary for
the Veteran’s Administration in the Twin Cities area.
She was united
in marriage to Victor F. Soller in August of 1952, in
Greenbush
,
Minnesota
.
They moved and made their home in
Albert Lea
in 1962.
After moving to
Albert Lea
she had worked as a secretary for
Alpha
School
for a short time.
Joan was a member of St. Theodore Catholic Church, the Knights
of
Columbus
Auxiliary, the Moose Auxiliary, the
Albert Lea
Garden Club and the Camera Club.
She loved to garden and grew
lots of flowers, and was a very active volunteer at area nursing homes,
including taking communion to shut-ins every Sunday. She was an avid
angel collector, with more than 300 in her collection.
Joan, a very loving wife and mother, died on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the
Parkview
Care
Center
in Wells where she had been a resident
for the past seven years.
She is survived by her husband Victor of Albert Lea; four children: Colleen Marie (Judd) Eifealdt of
Wamsutter
,
WY
, Jeffrey R. (Karen) Soller of Shawnee, KS, David (Tracie) Soller of Rock Springs, WY, Daniel (Betty) Soller of Crosslake, MN; grandchildren: Victor (Lila) Eifealdt, Eric Eifealdt, Grant Soller, Rena Soller, Jasmine Soller, Brittany (Jacob)
Griffen, two brothers Victor Kalinoski of
Florida
, August (Joan) Kalinoski of Milwaukee, WI, sisters-in-law Rita Swinghammer
of LaCrosse, WI, Mary Ellen Davy of
Caledonia
,
MN
, Patricia J. and Tom
Taylor of
LaCrosse, WI,
Marcy Kalinoski of Perham, MN, Helen Kalinoski of Greenbush, WI, and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers Andrew, Leo, Clem, Edward and Johnny Kalinoski, and a sister Angeline Rubish.
