Obit: Lincoln, Loraine Marolyn (1948 - 2011)

 

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

 

Surnames: Lincoln, Felgenhauer, Tanem, Schram     

 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) November 2, 2011

 

Lincoln, Loraine Marolyn (21 August 1948 - 27 October 2011)

 

Loraine Lincoln, 63, of Minneapolis, MN, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN.

 

Loraine Marolyn Lincoln was born Aug. 21, 1948, in Harvard, IL, the daughter of Albert and Violet (Felgenhauer) Lincoln.  In November of that year, when Loraine was three months old, her parents purchased a farm near Neillsville.  She attended Shortville and Washburn grade schools and graduated from Neillsville High School in 1966.  Loraine then attended Crown College in Minneapolis, MN, and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Christian Education.  In 1971, she began working for Minnesota Fabrics Company, and in 1981 she became the assistant manager of Minnesota Fabrics in Madison.  In 1983, she moved back to Minneapolis to care for her sister who was ill.  In 1984, she took a job with the Hennepin County Medical Center - Vital Records department. Later, she transferred to patient services coordinator and retired in May 2011.

 

In her spare time Loraine was an avid reader and she enjoyed sewing, upholstery, computer solitaire and was known as a fix-it-upper.

 

She is survived by a daughter, Ashley Lincoln of Minneapolis, MN; two grandchildren Erik and Christopher; two brothers, Charles Lincoln of Moses Lake, WA, and his children, Steve and Charnett, and Gerald (Kathryn) Lincoln of Mount Joy, PA, and their children, Bruce, Rebekah and Sarah; two sisters, Jean Lincoln of Hopkins, MN, and Norma (L.C.) Lincoln of Hopkins, MN; and a brother-in-law Jack (Pam) Tanem of Ham Lake, MN, and his children Tanya, Joel and Brian.

 

She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Vera Tanem.

 

Funeral services for Loraine will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at the Gesche Funeral Home in Neillsville.  Pastor Ralph Schram will officiate. Interment will be made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, at the Gesche Funeral Home.

 

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.

 

The Gesche Funeral Home is assisting Loraine’s family with funeral arrangements.

 

 


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