Lilly Zarn

September 24, 1932 - May 3, 2018

The memorial service for Lilly Zarn, formerly of Wadena, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the St. John Lutheran Church in Wadena, with Pastor Stephen Meltzer presiding. Visitation with the family will be held at the church on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Due to failing health, Lilly, age 85, passed away with family by her side on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at the St. Benedict’s Senior Community, St. Cloud, MN. Lilly was born to Gottlieb and Minnie (Cluever) Zarn on September 24, 1932, in Henning, MN. Lilly was always happy with simple things in life. She never married or drove a car. Although, once she attempted to drive a snowmobile, but in just a short distance ended up in a haystack! No one was hurt, and it made for fun family laughs! She walked everywhere; to church, the grocery store and even a couple miles to visit her mother at Shady Lane Nursing Home. For over 50 years, Lil was the dedicated bookkeeper with the calm voice answering the phone at Dick and Dale’s Coast-to-Coast and Lynk’s True Value in Wadena. Lilly was a die-hard fan of the MN Twins and MN Vikings teams. Most of all, she loved her family, and being with them made her happy. With no children of her own, she dearly loved all her nieces and nephews with her heart of gold. Preceding Lilly in death were her parents, Gottlieb and Minnie; sister Lavern (William) Hammas; brothers Alfred (Dolores) Zarn, and Leo Zarn; brother-in-law Ralph Manska; and niece Susan Nothstine. She will forever be missed by her devoted sister and housemate, Rebecka “Becky” Manska of Rice, formerly of Wadena; sister-in-law Betty Zarn of Cut Bank, MT; niece Marilyn (Bill) Hamblin of Rice; nephews Jim, Gerald, William, Gary, and Randy Zarn all of Montana, and Donald Hammas of Denver, CO; great-nephew Brandy (Kaja) Vukelich; and great-great nieces Hayley, Amanda and Dansley Vukelich. Honorary pallbearers will be Terry and Mary Lynk, Steve and Joanne Lynk, and Mark and Camille Stone. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Eagle Bend, MN.