Angeline
Owen Gronseth, 59
Chanhassen
- Angeline "Angie" Gronseth, 59, died Tuesday, March 23, 1999
after a courageous battle with cancer.
A memorial service was
held on Saturday, March 27 at Colonial Church in
Edina.
Angeline E. Owen was born on November 5, 1939 in Thief River Falls,
the daughter of Morris and Lydia Owen.
In May of 1975 Angie
married Phil Gronseth. Angie began a banking career which spanned
more than 30 years as a teller at a bank in her hometown of Thief
River Falls. She moved to the Twin Cities and contined her career at
Park Plaza Bank in St. Louis Park which became Western State Bank
during the early 1970's. She was appointed branch manager of its
first satellite bank in Minnetonka in the early
1980's.
Angie was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January of 1986, the same
year that her father died in May and her only child, Brian, was
killed in an oil field accident in Texas in June. Angie was
determined to lead as normal a life as possible by continuing her
managerial position while undergoing
chemotherapy.
Angie joined Colonial Church in Edina in 1975 where she was a member
of the counseling board. She was also an active member of the Can
Surmount program at the Methodist Hospital. She was interviewed
numerous times on television about how she was able to cope with
cancer while maintaining an active business and social
life.
Angie was an avid golfer and especially enjoyed cross-stitching.
Survivors include her husband, Phil; his children, Phil (Holly),
Joyce (Larry), Carolyn (Michael), and Renee (Dave); six
grandchildren; her mother, Lydia Owen of Thief River Falls; five
sisters, Marlene (Dallas) Pederson, Betty Laufman, Judy Owen, Janice
(Danny) Moore, and Lorray (Larry) Tupy; and one
sister-in-law.
Angie was preceded in
death by her father, Morris Owen; her son, Brian; and her brother,
Morris Owen Jr. A00003B1999MR31
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