Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Alice Vera Hazel Traxler, age 102, passed way January 10, 2013 at the Cokato Manor. She was born on a farm in rural Menomonie, WI. to Anna (Kuester) Meier and Carl Meier on Dec 30^th 1910. Alice worked as a nurse’s aid at Menomonie Memorial Hospital and married Leonard Traxler in May of 1935. They farmed in the rural Menomonie area and raised four children. She attended Peace Lutheran church in Menomonie, WI where she and her late husband Leonard were members from 1935 on. Alice was active in the Ladies Aid and church circle. In 1983 they moved from the home farm to Cokato, MN where they were caretakers of the Cokato Senior apartments. Alice and Leonard retired from that and moved to Brainerd, MN and then to Park Rapids, MN. After Leonard’s death, Alice moved back to Cokato and lived at Cokato Manor until her passing. Alice was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard in 1998, her parents, three brothers Alfred, Arthur and Walter, and six sisters; Lucy, Elsie, Irene, Selma, Edna and Ida, and one great-grandson, Leslie. She is survived by her four children Phyllis (Norman) Skottegard, of Park Rapids,MN., David (Susan) Traxler of Park Rapids, MN, Keith (Karen) Traxler of Chaska,MN and Joyce (Dale) Gage of Cokato, MN., fifteen grandchildren; Cheryl, Cindy, Wendy, Karen, Diana, John, Carl, Monica, Holly, Leonard, Aaron, Tony, Jeff, Julie and Becky; twenty-six great-grandchildren and seven great-great grandchildren.

A time of gathering will take place on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 from 4-7 pm at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato, with a service at 6:30pm.

Louise Ann Peterson was born in Dassel,
Minnesota on July 30, 1929, to August and Annie (Sherwin)
Soderberg.  She grew up in Dassel and
graduated from Dassel High
School in 1948.
After school she helped at home and worked for a time at 3M in Hutchinson.

On March 10, 1951
Louise married Dale Peterson at Gethsemane Lutheran Church of Dassel.  They farmed south of Cokato for 40 years and in 1991 moved to Pillager.

Louise enjoyed bowling, traveling, and she was very active
in her church, Stockholm Lutheran.  She
was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and a Cub Scout leader.  Most important was her family.

Louise passed away at the Dassel Lakeside Nursing Home on January 7, 2013.  She had reached the age of 83 years, 5 months
and 7 days.

Survivors include her children: Steven of Cokato, Vicki
(Mike) Jurek of Sartell, Mark (Debbie) Peterson of Cokato, Michael (JoAnn)
Peterson of Cokato, Mitchell (Kelly) Peterson of Sartell.  Brother Robert (Jane) Soderberg of Minneapolis,
Brother-in-law Warren Servin of
Dassel, and Sister-in-law Fern Glessing of Cokato.

Surviving grandchildren are: Sarah Kisner, Stacy Rotzien,
Rachel Bellamy, Nicole Thiel, Dan Jurek, Taylor Limbeck, Kelly Peterson, Kelsey
Rutland, Sarah Roggatz, Zachary Peterson, and Rebecca Peterson.  She also had 17 great grandchildren.

Louise was preceded in death by: her parents August and Anne
Soderberg, husband Dale, granddaughter Kari, and her brothers and sisters:
Earl, Arlene, Myrtle, Millie, Vernal, Carl, Wilton,
Lloyd, Roy, Rodney and Elsie.

Funeral Service: 2 PM
Friday January 11, 2013 at Stockholm
Lutheran Church

Visitation 4-8 PM
Thursday, at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home Of Cokato and 1hr prior to funeral
service at church

Interment Stockholm
Lutheran Cemetery

Edna Ethel Leinonen, was born in Finlayson,
Minnesota on October 22, 1912 to Charles and Amanda Aleksandra
Hellman.  She grew up on a farm there.

On May 15, 1936
she married Martin Leinonen in Minneapolis,
they made their home in the Minneapolis
area, to this union 3 children were born: Maxine, Lonso, and Lance.

They later lived on Washington Lake of Dassel Minnesota.
Martin passed away while living there in 1989.
Edna lived in Howard Lake
for a short time, then the Cokato Apartments and then Cokato Manor.

She enjoyed gardening sewing and fishing on the lake.  She was a member of Good Shepard Lutheran
Church of Cokato.

Edna passed away at Cokato Manor on January 1, 2013, she had reached the age of 100
years, 2 months and 9 days.

Survivors include: Son Lonso (Sandy) of Oronoco,
Minnesota, Grandchildren: Jill Johnston of Wenatchee,
Washington, Scott Johnston of Olympia,
Washington, Michelle Eikenberry of Wenatchee,
Washington. Also 6 great grandchildren.

Edna is preceded in death by: her parents Karl Charles and
Amanda Aleksandra Hellman, husband Martin, son Lance, and daughter Maxine
Johnston.  Also 11 brothers and sisters.

Funeral service will be at 11:00
AM Friday January 4, at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato.

Visitation will begin at 10:00
AM on Friday and continue until noon.

Interment will be with the immediate family at a later time.

Norberg, Victoria “Vicki”, age 95, of Cokato, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away on December 30, 2012 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.

Victoria Alice Norberg was born July 24, 1917 in Cokato, MN to Victor and Selma (Peterson) Norberg. She grew up on the family farm at Knapp and graduated from Cokato High School in 1935.She attended one year at Minnesota School of Business and then returned to Cokato to take care of an elderly aunt. Vicki graduated from St. Andrew’s Hospital Nursing Program in Minneapolis in 1943. Her nursing career included: at St. Andrew’s after graduation for a few years; in Cokato for a short while; in Denver from 1946-1950; working private duty for Red Cross including going to New Mexico during the Polio Epidemic; continued private duty in 1951 at New Orleans for 6 months; and later in 1951 moved to Minneapolis where she did private duty for four years at various hospitals including doing post-anesthesia recovery nursing which was a new concept and taking care of very critical patient before the ICU model had originated; as well as taking care of iron lung patients. In 1955 Vicki started her career at the University of Minnesota Hospital in PAR (post anesthesia recovery) and in 1966 she became the head nurse there, retiring in 1980. Vicki maintained her own home in SE Minneapolis until 2010 at which time she moved to Edgewood Gables in Cokato. She had a
passion for travel, gardening, and loved reading the daily paper to be current on news and events. She was also an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed making krumkake. Vicki was a lifelong member of North Crow Lutheran church at Knapp and a long time member of the Swedish Institute.

Vicki is survived by her sister-in-law, Luella Norberg; her two nieces: Lynnette (Gordy) Blem and Kathryn (Mike) Miller; her two nephews: Peter (Lori) Norberg and Mark (Vinita) Norberg; her 11 great-nieces and great-nephews: Adam (Natalie) Miller, Isaac Miller (s.f. Jaime), Molly (Shaun) Uecker, Amy (Vlad) Barnes, Anna Blem, Aaron Blem, Dani Norberg, Andrew Norberg, Melissa Norberg, Megan Norberg, and Victor Norberg, along with great-great-nephews and niece, Aric, Simon, Will, and Irene. Vicki was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers: Wendell, Karl and Gordon; and an infant sister Marian.

Funeral service: Thur. 1/3, 11:00 am at North Crow River Luth. Church of Cokato. Visitation: Wed. 1/2, 5-7 pm, 6:30 prayer, at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato and 1 hr prior to service at church.

Mavis passed away at Waconia Ridgeview Hospital on December 26, 2012

Funeral Service: 10:00 AM Saturday, December 29, 2012 at St. James Lutheran Church of Howard Lake

Visitation 1hr prior to service at church
Interment: St. James Lutheran Cemetery