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Elizabeth David Obituary – 2/6/2020


Elizabeth Lucy David (Otto), age 63, of Grant, MN, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, at home, with immediate family by her side.

She was born Feb. 23, 1956, in Glencoe, to Luke and Eleanor Otto. The eighth of 11 children, Liz grew up on the Otto farm, south of Winsted.

She graduated from Holy Trinity High School in 1974, and from St. Mary’s School of Nursing in 1977. Liz worked as a registered nurse for over 40 years, with the majority of that time spent at Lakeview Hospital in Stillwater, where she profoundly touched the lives of many patients, families, and staff.

Liz married John David in 1986. They were true soulmates for the next 33-plus years at their farm in Grant. They raised children, trees, flowers, vegetables, pumpkins, and havoc all of those years. As a true baseball fan, Liz’s next love after family and farm was the Minnesota Twins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Luke and Eleanor; sister-in-law, Connie; and niece, Helen.

She will be dearly missed by her husband, John; son Matthew (Rachel); and daughter Anna Lucy (Abbie); her siblings, Barbara, Christopher (Jane), Charles (Lisa), Daniel (Fran), Michael (Janie), Catherine (Kurt), Peter (Yan Wen), Eric, Margaret (Dave), and John (Pat); and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A celebration of Liz’s life took place Saturday, Feb. 15 at St. Jude of the Lake Church in Mahtomedi. There was visitation Friday, Feb. 14 at Honsa Family Funeral Home in White Bear Lake.

The family requests memorials be sent to Lakeview Hospital Giving Tree, Stillwater, MN.

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