Madalyn Lasnetske, 92

Mass of Christian Burial for Madalyn Lasnetske, 92, of Tracy, was held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 27, 2016, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy.  Visitation was one hour prior to the service at church.  Interment took place at Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Tracy.

Madalyn died on Friday, January 29, 2016, at Prairie View Senior Living in Tracy.

Madalyn (Keleher) Lasnetske was born April 26, 1923 to Daniel and Ann (Stohr) Keleher in Monroe Township, Lyon Co. Minnesota.  She grew up on the family farm and attended school in Tracy, Minnesota. 

She and Thomas Lasnetske were married November 16, 1940.  They were scheduled to be married on November 11th, however, The Armistice Day Blizzard intervened.  Five days later they were married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy, Minnesota.  The couple lived on several different farms, Tom working as a hired hand.  They moved to Minneapolis in 1943, with their two children; Tom was employed at Gamble/Robinson delivering fruit throughout the cities.  Missing the country life, they moved back to Tracy in 1948, farming with Madalyn’s father.  Moving to the Milroy area in 1953, the family farmed for five years.  In 1958, they left the farm and moved to Tracy.  Besides working for the Tri-County Co-op as the tire man, they built and operated Tom’s Drive In, now the site of the Tracy School Bus Garage.

Madalyn worked in the lunch room at the Elementary School across the road, later as the Head Cook for the High School Lunch Room for eighteen years. 

In retirement, they were caregivers for several family members, Tom died in 2002 after a stroke two years earlier.  Madalyn moved to Twin Circle Apartments, later to O’Brien Courts and eventually to Prairie View Healthcare Center.  She enjoyed gardening, fishing, reading, praying for everyone with her rosary, playing cards and playing tricks on people.  She especially enjoyed Halloween.

Madalyn is survived by her daughters Connie (Wayne) Anderson of Tracy, Karen (Danny) Silvers, of Hanover Tsp., Pennsylvania; sons Lee Lasnetske, of Luverne, Minnesota and James (April) Lasnetske , of Whitewood, SD, South Dakota; 21 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren; brother Arthur Keleher of Currie, Minnesota

She was preceded in death by her husband, Tom; son Danny; grandson Kevin Lasnetske; half siblings Lucy, Clarence, Alice, Leo, Mary Agnes, Charles, Martha and Helen. Siblings Geneva, Thomas, Patrick, Daniel, Joseph, Annie, Kathaleen, twins Doris and Delores and stepbrother Johnny.

Memorials preferred to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy.  Arrangements were handled by Almlie-Horvath Funeral Service, Tracy.  www.almlie-horvath.com

Dennis Neisess dies in Staples

Dennis Neisess, former business man in Tracy, passed Saturday, Feb. 27 at his home in Staples.

Services are at 11 a.m. Sat., March 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Staples.