1934
JoAnn
2010
JoAnn Flugum
July 6, 1934 — November 28, 2010
The memorial service for JoAnn Grace Flugum of rural Albert Lea, Minnesota will be
2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 4, 210 at Lunder Lutheran Church, rural Albert Lea. The Reverend Alan Gunderson will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation with her family will be one hour before the service at the church.
JoAnn was born July 6, 1934 at Albert Lea, MN to Joseph M. and Grace (Flattum) Flugum. She was baptized on August 6, 1934 by Reverend Emil Hanson and confirmed June 20, 1948 at Lunder Lutheran Church by Reverend A. C. Korsrud. She graduated from Albert Lea Senior High School in 1965. She attended Golden West College , Huntington Beach , California and received an AA Degree from Orange Coast College in 1973, Costa Mesa, California and received a Certificate of Achievement in Dental Laboratory Technology from Orange Coast College in 1977. She interned at Long Beach, California Veterans Hospital Lab.
JoAnn was a member of the Sons of Norway, The Valdres Somband, and the Freeborn County Genealogical Society where she served on the board and as secretary.
JoAnn enjoyed writing poetry, genealogy, arts and crafts, and music. She especially enjoyed the nine years working in Yellowstone National Park where she managed a book store at Grant Village for Yellowstone Association. Here she spent much of her days off hiking in the mountains with friends Joyce Van Nida and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Warren. At home she enjoyed matching witts with a dear friend Mavis Thompson Nordaas nightly during Wheel of Fortune.
JoAnn is survived by nieces and nephews: Marilyn and (Thomas) James of Brookfield, Missouri; Patricia Berry of Emmons, Minnesota; Delcie A. and (Peter) Jensen of Thailand; Dixcie Lindberg of Austin, Minnesota; Larry and (Machelle) Flugum of Albert Lea, Minnesota; Lyle and (Pauline) Flugum Jr. of Myrtle, Minnesota; David and (Kim) Flugum of Austin, Minnesota; Denise and (Jerry) Lee of Emmons, Minnesota; and many cousins.
JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents: brothers: Lyle B.and Erlyss Flugum Sr. and James Flugum; a nephew Joseph R. Flugum, and Jonathan J. Flugum son Lyle and Pauline.
Memorials are preferred given to Lunder Church or Peace and Power of the First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea,
2:00 P.M. Saturday, December 4, 210 at Lunder Lutheran Church, rural Albert Lea. The Reverend Alan Gunderson will officiate. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation with her family will be one hour before the service at the church.
JoAnn was born July 6, 1934 at Albert Lea, MN to Joseph M. and Grace (Flattum) Flugum. She was baptized on August 6, 1934 by Reverend Emil Hanson and confirmed June 20, 1948 at Lunder Lutheran Church by Reverend A. C. Korsrud. She graduated from Albert Lea Senior High School in 1965. She attended Golden West College , Huntington Beach , California and received an AA Degree from Orange Coast College in 1973, Costa Mesa, California and received a Certificate of Achievement in Dental Laboratory Technology from Orange Coast College in 1977. She interned at Long Beach, California Veterans Hospital Lab.
JoAnn was a member of the Sons of Norway, The Valdres Somband, and the Freeborn County Genealogical Society where she served on the board and as secretary.
JoAnn enjoyed writing poetry, genealogy, arts and crafts, and music. She especially enjoyed the nine years working in Yellowstone National Park where she managed a book store at Grant Village for Yellowstone Association. Here she spent much of her days off hiking in the mountains with friends Joyce Van Nida and Mr. and Mrs. Barney Warren. At home she enjoyed matching witts with a dear friend Mavis Thompson Nordaas nightly during Wheel of Fortune.
JoAnn is survived by nieces and nephews: Marilyn and (Thomas) James of Brookfield, Missouri; Patricia Berry of Emmons, Minnesota; Delcie A. and (Peter) Jensen of Thailand; Dixcie Lindberg of Austin, Minnesota; Larry and (Machelle) Flugum of Albert Lea, Minnesota; Lyle and (Pauline) Flugum Jr. of Myrtle, Minnesota; David and (Kim) Flugum of Austin, Minnesota; Denise and (Jerry) Lee of Emmons, Minnesota; and many cousins.
JoAnn was preceded in death by her parents: brothers: Lyle B.and Erlyss Flugum Sr. and James Flugum; a nephew Joseph R. Flugum, and Jonathan J. Flugum son Lyle and Pauline.
Memorials are preferred given to Lunder Church or Peace and Power of the First Lutheran Church, Albert Lea,
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