Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Funeral Service: 2PM Monday 3/4/2013 at St. James Lutheran Church of Howard Lake

Visitation 4-8 PM Sunday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Howard Lake and 1hr prior to services at church on Monday

Prayer service: 7PM Sunday

Interment: St. James Lutheran Cemetery

Jerry Glen Tyson was born and raised in Meeks, GA, the
youngest of the seven children of  David
Zachariah and Viola Tyson.  He was united
in marriage to Dolores Della Yager on July
23, 1951.  Their
62 years together were blessed with the birth of three children.

Jerry served his country with the United States Air Force
(USAF) during the Korean War from 1950 to 1954.
His tour of duty included an assignment in France from
January, 1952, to August, 1954 where Dolores joined him in 1952.  In 1954, Jerry began working for Prudential
Insurance Company in Minneapolis.  After 33 years he retired from Prudential but
he continued working part-time with until 1991.
After moving to Howard Lake in
1987, Jerry served twelve years as a volunteer tax preparer for senior citizens
of Wright County under
the sponsorship of AARP and the IRS.  He became a member of the St. James Lutheran
Church, Howard Lake, MN in October 1996.

Family was very important to Jerry.  Summer vacations often involved camping as a
family and traveling to Georgia to
visit family.  After the children were
grown, Jerry and Dolores traveled to Israel and
throughout Europe on two
occasions.  Jerry has been a dog lover
over the years.  He has owned a number of
Golden Retrievers.  His dog Barney even
visited him in the nursing home and crawled up in bed with him.  He refurbished bicycles, tinkered with autos
and lawn tractors, lent Dolores a hand with the
gardening, and kept the farmstead running along smoothly.  He was always up for a game of pinochle or dominos
with family and friends.

Jerry was called to his eternal rest at the age 83 years and
4 months.  He was preceded in death by
his parents, his brothers and his sisters.
Jerry is survived by his wife Dolores of Howard Lake, two daughters,
Dawn Tyson of Minnetonka, MN; Sheri Strickler (David) of Carrollton, TX; one
son Randall (Jane) of Maple Grove, MN; two grandsons; Jeffrey Tyson (Alana) of
Sandstone, MN and Zachary Tyson (Sarah) of Anoka, MN; one great granddaughter
Kaitlyn Tyson of Sandstone, MN; sister-in-law Latha Tyson of Macon, GA and
numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

Miest, Elaine Anna Selma

age 86, of Hutchinson, formerly of Cokato, passed away on February 19, 2013 at Hutch Health. She was born December 27, 1926 in Bismark Township of Sibley County to Ralph and Emma (Borchert) Leske.  She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Cedar Mills, Minnesota, on January 27, 1927 by Pastor Mueller. Elaine was confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson on Palm Sunday in 1940, and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1944. She was united in marriage to Richard Miest at Peace Lutheran Church on November 1, 1952. They enjoyed 57 years of blessed marriage.

Elaine enjoyed watching sports, attending her nieces and nephews events, and traveling with her husband.  She enjoyed the time spent with her family and friends, along with life on the farm.

Elaine is preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, Beverly (Jack) Powers, sister-in-law, Lois Leske.

She is survived by, her brother, Roger Leske, sister, Mavis (Ray) Muckala, all of Hutchinson. Along with many special nieces and nephews. Blessed be her memory.

Funeral service, Saturday, February 23, 2013, 11:00 am at Peace Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. Visitation, Friday, February 22, 2013, 5-8pm and 1 hour prior to the service, all at church.

Marlyn Willis Johnson was born August 8, 1929, to Earl and Signe (Swanson) Johnson, at Stockholm
Township, Minnesota.  He grew up on the family farm in Stockholm
Township and attended school there.

Marlyn joined the United States Marine Corps.

In 1957 Marlyn married Susan Ruth Vogel at the Knapp (North
Crow River Lutheran) Church.  The couple
lived in Cokato for a short time and then resided in the St. Paul/Minneapolis
area.

Marlyn was employed by North Central, Republic and Northwest
Airlines, retiring when he turned 62.

Marlyn and Susan loved to travel.  They visited Japan,
the United Kingdom,
and enjoyed various tours in Canada.  They went on trips to New
York City, Las Vegas,
Branson, Disney world in Orlando,
and his favorite place Hawaii.

Marlyn passed away at Abbott Northwestern Hospital of
Minneapolis on February 15, 2013.
He had reached the age of 83 years, 6 months, and 7 days.

Survivors include his sons; Daniel of Minneapolis and David
of Inver Grove.

He is preceded in death by: his parents Earl and Signe, and
wife Susan.

Funeral Service for Marlyn will be held at 11 AM Saturday February 23, at North
Crow River Lutheran
Church

Visitation: 5-9 PM
Friday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service at
church on Saturday.

Interment Church
Cemetery

Funeral Service 11 AM Wednesday February 20, at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cokato

Visitation; 4-8 PM Tuesday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to Funeral Service at church on Wednesday

Prayer Service 7:30 Tuesday

Interment Church Cemetery

Judith
Kathleen Esther Martinson was born on February 8, 1942 in Minneapolis Minnesota to Vernie and Irene (Martinson) Olson.  She grew up on the farm in Stockholm Township and was baptized and confirmed at the Stockholm Lutheran Church.  She attended
the Stockholm country school and graduated from Cokato High School in 1960. She worked at 3M in Hutchinson for a time.

Judy
married Merlin Martinson in 1960 at the Stockholm Lutheran Church, their 42 years together were blessed with 4 children
Scott, Jackie, Michelle and Christina.
Merlin better known as Eager passed away in 2002.

They
made their home on Brooks Lake of Cokato for quite some time, lived at
Hutchinson and finally Dassel.

Judy
enjoyed gardening and flowers, and traveling. Mostly she loved her family and
cooking for them.  She was a member of
the Evangelical Lutheran Church and American Legion Auxillary in Cokato.

Judy
passed away at the Cokato Manor on February 17, 2013.  She had
reached the age of 71 years and 9 days.

Survivors
include her children: Jackie Russell of Hutchinson, Scott (Laura) Martinson of
Minnetonka, Michell (Craig) Mosford of Burke Virginia, and Christina Martinson
of Dassel.  Grand children Jordan,
Oliver, Meredith, Claire and Madeline.
Brothers and sisters; Paul (Linda) Olson of Lakeside California, Kathy (Roland) Olson-Studler of St. Paul, Daniel (Joan) Olson of Reed Springs Missouri, and
Mary (Dennis) Danielson of Dassel.

She
is preceded in death by her parents V.E. and Irene Olson, husband Merlin, and
grandson Jesse Russell.

Mildred Raisanen (Halonen), age 82, of Cokato, passed away February 16, 2013.

Mildred E. Halonen was born on January 22, 1931, in Hazelton, North Dakota to Charles and Tyyne Halonen. She spent her childhood years in the Dakotas, until the family moved to Minnesota, where she graduated from White Bear Lake High School. Millie was confirmed as a youth in the Christian faith at the Laestadian Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.

Millie met Paul Raisanen in late 1952, and they were married in September 1953 in Minneapolis. They farmed in West Albion area for a few years before moving to a farm north of Cokato in 1957. There they farmed and raised their children until retirement in 1990. At that time, Millie and Paul moved to the town of Cokato, where they spent their golden years.

Millie passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 19 at the Cokato Laestadian Lutheran
Church, and burial was at the Cokato Finnish Cemetary.

Millie is survived by her husband of 59 years, Paul; children Randall (Sheryle Sturos), Warren (Brita Bekkala), and Susan of Arizona; Joan (Mark Kotila), Mary (George Koivukangas), Gordon (Ruth Hannus), Kenneth (Pearl Phillips), Bruce (Patricia Johnson), Carolyn Mattila, Heidi (Larry Torola), Dwight, Laura (Evan Bekkala), and Philip, of Minnesota; Gretchen (Mark Plough), and Kirsti (Nick Lang) of Washington, many grandchildren and great grandchildren, several sisters and brothers.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her stepmother, twobrothers, a sister, a son-in-law, two grandchildren, and a great-grandchild.

Funeral service Tuesday, February 19, 11 am at Cokato Laestadian Lutheran Church.

Visitation 1 hr prior to service at church and Monday, February 18, 4-8pm with 7pm prayer at Swanson Peterson Funeral Home in Cokato