Obituaries from the week of July 11, 2012
Beverly Adams, 85
Funeral services for Beverly
J. (Mickelson) Adams, formerly of Tracy area, were held Friday, June 29, 2012
from Washburn-McReavy Chapel in Hopkins, MN with interment at Groveland
Cemetery, Minnetonka. Rev. Charles
Anderson officiated.
Beverly Joyce was born
November 25, 1926 to Ernest and Ruby (Shaw) Mickelson in Holly township, rural
Dovray, MN. She was baptized and
confirmed in the Lutheran faith by Rev. Govig and received her elementary education
at the Plum Creek School, Dist. 24, Murray County, MN and graduated from Tracy
High in 1944.
Bev waitressed at the Exchange
Hotel in Tracy earning the money to put herself through two years secretarial
training at Mankato Business College. After completing the course she was employed as a private
secretary/receptionist at Swift & Company, Marshall.
In the mid-1950s Beverly moved
to Minneapolis to work at Honeywell Industries where she met her future
husband, Jack H. Adams. They were
married June 17, 1961 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church, rural Walnut Grove.
Bev and Jack lived in the
Minnetonka area their entire married lives, raising their four children
there. Beverly was a devoted wife,
mother and home-maker. She loved
flowers and gardening and long walks. Bev was an intellectual and an avid reader. She and Jack enjoyed annual trips to Idaho, several trips to
Alaska and a life’s dream trip to Europe in 2002.
She was a longtime faithful
member of Central Lutheran Church of Minneapolis.
Beverly is survived by her
husband of 51+ years Jack H. Adams; two daughters, Judy (Steve) Marsh, Boise,
ID, Jane (Cliff) Smyrl, St. Paul, a son Roy (Beth) Adams, Minneapolis;
grandsons Anthony Adams, Baraboo, WI and Adam Adams, Portland, OR;
daughter-in-law Mary Jane Adams and great-grandson, David and great-granddaughter,
Aurora Adams, all of Portland OR; sister Marilyn (Richard) Hansen, Currie, MN;
brothers, Jerome (Judy) Mickelson, Garvin, Merlyn of Tracy and Richard (Janet)
of Alexandria, MN; sisters-in-law Anna Mae Mickelson, Tracy and Donna Mae
Mickelson, Walnut Grove.
She is preceded in death by
her parents, brothers Roger and Duane Mickelson and son Jackie Adams, Jr.
Sadly missed by the multitude
of lives she enriched.
Nona Swift, 75
Nona G. Swift, age 75, of
Sioux Falls, formerly of Marshall and Russell, passed away at her residence in
Sioux Falls of an apparent heart attack on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Funeral
services were held Friday, July 6th at Grace First Parish in
Russell. Burial was in the Bethel Cemetery in Custer Township. Condolences may
be sent to www.hamiltonfh.com.
Nona Gail Coyle was born
November 24, 1936 to Blaine and Mattie (Strunk) Coyle in Garvin,
Minnesota. She was the youngest of 4 children. She attended school
in Russell, Garvin, and Tracy, MN. In 1952 she moved with her parents to San
Diego, CA where she graduated from Helix High School. After high school
she attended college and worked at a drive-in movie theatre before she began
her career with Southwestern Bell.
She married Jesse Swift on
December 7, 1956 in San Diego, CA where they made their home. They had 3
daughters: Carrie, Melinda and Shelly. In 1973 they moved to Russell, MN
where she continued her career with Northwestern Bell until her retirement in
1992. She lived in Russell, Marshall, Rochester and, for the past 20
years, in Sioux Falls, SD.
Her second home was Yuma, AZ
where she spent the past 20 winters. She participated in multiple park
choirs and annual talent shows where she was known for her renditions of “Santa
Baby” and “Rindercella.” She was an active participant in her park
church. She considered her Yuma friends her second family.
Nona enjoyed crossword
puzzles, all word games, was an avid Wheel of Fortune fan and found special joy
in identifying grammatical errors in printed text. She cross-stitched a
Christmas ornament each year for her grandchildren. She was a Sweet Adeline for
several years in Marshall. She spent countless hours patching blue jeans
for her grandchildren and their friends. Nona’s monkey bread and award-winning
spice cake were “must have” items at all family gatherings.
Survivors include her
daughters Carrie Hansen, Marshall, Melinda (Mark) Buss, Marshall, and Shelly
Ritchie, Sioux Falls, SD; grandchildren Emily (Ben) Doherty, Renae Hansen,
Jesse (Danica) Buss, Spencer Buss, Scott Buss, Brett Ritchie, Erica (Jesse
Frost) Ritchie; and sister, Jeanene (Dayle) Swift of Russell.
She was proceded in death by
her husband, Jesse in 2000, parents Blaine and Mattie Coyle, and siblings Waldo
Coyle and Joann Almhjeld.
John Wreath, 85
John R. Wreath, age 85, of
rural Tracy and Balaton, passed away at the Prairie View Healthcare Center in
Tracy on Monday, July 9, 2012. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday,
July 12 at the Balaton United Methodist Church. Visitation will be one hour
prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran
Cemetery. The Hamilton Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Condolences may be sent to www.hamiltonfh.com
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