Edna (Mrs. Mervin) Lunning

Edna Arvilla Lunning was born on August 19, 1915 at home at #4, Eden Township near Buffalo Center, Iowa to Carl T. and Sena (Sabin) Tollagson. She was united in marriage with Mervin Amandel Lunning at Sparta, Wisconsin on June 30, 1937. Edna passed away at the Greater Staples Hospital in Staples, Minnesota on February 10, 2004 at the age of 88 years. Edna was a homemaker who brought up 5 children. She and Mervin moved a number of times during their years together including spending some time in Wisconsin and Montana, among other places. She has lived in the Browerville, Clarissa and Bertha area for 35 years. She enjoyed gardening and crocheting as well as spending time with her large and growing family. She would spend her later years as a resident of the Central Todd County Care Center in Clarissa. Edna was preceded in death by her husband of over 36 years Mervin Amandel Tollagson on January 31, 1974; parents Carl and Sena Tollagson; son Douglas Mervin Lunning and daughter Janet K. Mosser; brothers Joseph and Clarence (twins), Elmer, Melvin, Clifford and Leonard; and granddaughters Kim Mosser and Dawn Lunning. She is survived by her son Dennis D. (Joanne) of Clarissa, MN; daughters Sandi M. (Wally) Schiele of Evansville, MN and Cheryl A. Hayes of Clarissa, MN; 12 grandchildren Susan (Gary) Morcum of Pleasantville, IA, Daniel (Julie) Lunning of Clear Lake, MN, Darin (Tammy) Lunning of Fort Myers, FL, Brenda Doebber of Apple Valley, MN, Bill (Tanya) Egeness of Eagle Bend, MN, Cyndi (Dennis) Hagfors of West Union, MN, Sonja Christianson of Osakis, MN, James Mosser of Mississippi, Michelle (Scott) Ritter of Melrose, MN, Donna (Steve) Hinzmann of Browerville, MN, Kim (Scott) Swanson of Eagle Bend, MN and Mike (Barb) Hayes of Clarissa, MN; 23 great grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild; and sister Pearl Smith of Mission TX. She is also survived by son-in-law Kenneth Mosser of Wells, MN; sisters-in-law Melva Tollagson of Forest City, Iowa, Delia Harrison of Albert Lea, MN, and Marian Traverso of El Sobrante, CA; brother-in-law Kenneth Lunning of Osh Gosh, WI; and many nieces and nephews. Honorary pallbearers were Susan Marcum, Brenda Doebber, Cyndi Hagfors, Michelle Ritter, Donna Hinzmann, Kim Swanson and Sonja Christensen. Pallbearers were Bill Egeness, Dan Lunning, Darin Lunning, James Mosser and Mike Hayes. Interment was held on Friday, February 13, 2004 at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Thompson, Iowa.