Ann Horner, 88

Ann Horner age 88 of Tracy, MN died Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the Golden Living Center in Slayton, MN.  Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the Tracy United Methodist Church.  Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.  The interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. Online condolences may be placed at www.almliefh.com

Antje “Ann” Horner was born October 30, 1922 to Lubbert and Meinjie “Minnie” (Jongetjes) Van Boeyen at her families home near Rock Valley, IA, Sioux County.  She was baptized and confirmed in the First Reformed Church in Rock Valley and attended school in Rock Valley.

On March 21, 1941 Ann married Bob Horner in South Sioux City, NE and shortly after their marriage they moved to the Slayton and Tracy areas, where they farmed and raised livestock.  She was a homemaker and mother to five children.  She also was very proud of her 100% Dutch heritage.  Ann attended the Tracy United Methodist Church and enjoyed going for rides, cooking, baking, watching television, especially the Game Show Network, and she was an avid Twins and Vikings fan, but what she loved most was spending time with her children, grandchildren, her great grandchildren and her many friends.

On June 30, 2011 Ann became a resident of the Golden Living Center in Slayton, where she died, surrounded by her loving family, on Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the age of 88.

Ann is survived by her one daughter, Sharon (Mike) Gillette of Slayton, MN; three sons, Bob Horner, Lon (Lil) Horner and Rick (Tammy) Horner all of Tracy, MN; nineteen grandchildren; fifty two great grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Amada Horner of Oregon; one brother, John (Irene) Van Boeyen of Port Orchard, WA; one sister, Louise Kooima of Rock Valley, IA; nieces, nephews and many friends.

Her husband, Bob, son, Curt, grandson, Jeff, great grandson, Jesse, parents, sister, Bertha, Brother, Andrew, and brother-in-law, Jake Kooima preceded her in death.

 

Helen Sagmoen, 94

Funeral services for Helen Sagmoen were held at Lake Sarah Lutheran Church Garvin, MN on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Drake Snell officiating.  The organist was Mary Hauschild.  The pallbearers were her grandchildren.  Interment was at Slayton Memorial Gardens, Slayton, MN.

Helen Sagmoen was born on March 26, 1917 to Harry Sr. and Dorothea Berg Freeburg in Redwood County, MN.  She attended country school in Murray County, south of Walnut Grove, MN.  She moved with her family to rural Slayton in 1931 and attended Slayton Public School, graduating in 1934.  Helen then completed a one-year Teacher Training course in Slayton.  She taught for seven years in three different rural one-room schoolhouses in Murray County.

On June 10, 1938 she and Percival “Percy” Sagmoen were married at Tracy, MN.  Following their marriage they farmed with his parents in Lake Sarah Township, until 1943.  They lived in various locations until 1947, when they returned to the family farm.  On January 1, 1963 they bought and operated Sagmoen’s Service at Valhalla Corner.  They retired in 1975 and made their home in Garvin, MN.  Helen became a part-time dispatcher with the Tracy Police Dept. and had to leave due to health related reasons.  In 1989 they moved to Slayton, MN.   Percy passed away on November 7, 1997.

Helen entered the Slayton Golden Living Center in November of 2003 and passed away there on Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the age of 94.  She was a member of Lake Sarah Lutheran Church Garvin, MN.  Helen was always to be a teacher!  Be it her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, neighbor kids, or her Bible Study group.  Because she always had a great love for reading, she introduced others to the joy of reading.  Helen also kept her mind busy with her crafts, word puzzles, playing cards, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.

Survivors include her four children, Margaret Ann (Glenn) Kluis of Slayton, MN, Wallace (Karen) Sagmoen of Courtland, MN, Mary Perry of Slayton, MN and Willard (Sue) Sagmoen of Kewanee, IL; six grandchildren, Edward Sagmoen, Kathy Kluis, Susan (Brian) Johnson, Rob (Cecilia) Kluis, Sarah Sagmoen and Ryan Sagmoen; five step-grandchildren, Jason, Chad, Ryan, Jennifer and Dan Brown and three great-granddaughters, Emily Nielsen and Kate and Anne Johnson. 

She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother, Harry Freeburg Jr. and four sisters, Irene Reynolds, Dorothy Mae Reynolds, Genevieve Hobert and Dolores Brugger. 

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