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Linnea Christina Madson obituary 6/28/98


Linnea Christina Warling, daughter of Albert and Lydia
(Beck) Warling was born July 24, 1906 near St. James, Minn. She was baptized
and confirmed at the East Sveadahl Lutheran Church near St. James.
Linnea received her education at a country school near
her home and at the Gustavus Adolphus Academy in St. Peter, concentrating
on music.
On Sept. 26, 1929, Linnea was united in marriage to Harold
Madson. They farmed near LaSalle, Minn. before buying their farm near Butterfield,
where they raised their six children.
Linnea was active in many community activities, as well
as her church, where she served as organist well into the ’80s. She also
directed children and adult choirs, and taught piano lessons for over 50
years.
Linnea entered the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Center on
April 23, 1997, and continued to play the organ for devotions until three
weeks before her death. She passed away quietly on Sunday, June 28, 1998,
at the age of 91 years, 11 months and four days.
Linnea is survived by her daughter, Marjorie (Jim) Tesch
of Howard Lake, five sons: Dr. Mailand (Grace) Madson, Northfield; Howard
(Ellen) Madson, St. Louis Park; Charles (Polly) Madson, Faribault; DuWayne
(Angie) Madson, Butterfield; Claire (Rae) Madson, Clearwater, Fla.; 17 grandchildren
and 18 great-grandchildren.
She is further survived by one brother Luverne Warling,
Mission, Texas; two sisters, Loretta Eckstrom, Mayer, Minn. and Lucille
Anthony, Faribault, Minn.; five sisters-in-law; many nieces and nephews,
and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband,
a grandson, a great-grandson, a daughter-in-law, two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, July 1, at the First
Lutheran Church in Butterfield, Minn with interment at the Butterfield Community
Cemetery.

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