Evangeline Lund

Evangeline "Vangie" Lund age 99 of Alexandria died on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Bethany Home in Alexandria. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 11AM at Calvary Lutheran Church. A visitation will be held for one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be in Kinkead Cemetery.

OBITUARY

Evangeline Caroline Eleanor Lorenz Lund was born to Otto and Lillian (Jacobson) Lorenz on September 15, 1917. She was the oldest of three children. Evangeline went to country school and excelled in Declamatory. She was united in marriage to Norman Lund on June 12, 1938. Together they raised two daughters, Nancy and Mary.

Vangie lived through both World Wars. During the war years they farmed near Nelson, MN. She recalled those days when food was rationed, especially sugar, flour and coffee. She would gather with friends and one would bring sugar, another flour, …enough to bake a cake, so that would be a reason to have a party! Evangeline and Norman owned and operated a small coffee shop on Hawthorne Street, a bait shop, and an antiques shop which they opened in 1962.

For almost 30 years Vangie worked as a school cook for District 206. She loved to feed people. It was how she showed her love. Vangie cherished her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren as well as her many nieces and nephews. They all have fond memories of receiving free bags of candy from her.

Vangie and Norman enjoyed traveling to antiques stores around the state. In her later years, Vangie spent winters in the California desert with family and she also enjoyed her trips to Mexico. She was a kind, caring, and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, aunt, and friend to many. She will be forever missed by all those who knew and loved her.

Evangeline C. Lund died on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at Bethany Home in Alexandria at the age of 99 years old. She is survived by her daughter, Mary (Charles) Olson of Alexandria; grandchildren, Lisa (Brian) Swanson of Sauk Centre, Jason (Ashley) Anderson of Minnetonka, Chad Johnson of Cokato, Cory (Angela) Olson of Kansas City, KS, Stephanie (Neel) Bose of West Milford, NJ, and Christina (Tam) Gregersen of Eden Prairie; great grandchildren, Dale Andreoff, Noelle Andreoff, Nora Kotlowski, Emma Anderson, Nathan Johnson, Charles Olson, Thomas Olson, Levi Gregersen, Blake Gregersen, Jaxon Bose, and Victoria Bose; Great Great Grandchildren, Lucas James Andreoff, Cooper Andreoff, and Jaclyn Kotlowski; sister, Alice Scherer of Loveland, CO; sister-in-law, Avis Lorenz of Alexandria; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Lund, daughter, Nancy Floyd, parents, Otto (Lillian) Lorenz, and brother, Irving Lorenz.

A funeral service was held on Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria with the Reverend Alicia Hilding officiating. Interment was in the Kinkead Cemetery. Casket Bearers were Charlie Olson, Brian Swanson, Jason Anderson, Noelle Andreoff, Nora Kotlowski, and Tyler Kotlowski. Honorary Casket Bearers were all of Vangie's great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.

Arrangements are with the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria.
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