Katie
Langaas, 94
Greenbush
- Katie Madeline Lilly Langaas, 94, died on
Monday, July 5, 2004 at the Greenbush Nursing Home.
Funeral
services were held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of
rural Greenbush, with Pastor Wesley Langaas
officiating.
Katie
was born in Greenbush on October 19, 1909, the
daughter of Christ and Gunda (Wattrud) Dallager.
She grew up and attended school in the Greenbush
area and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran
faith. After the death of her mother at an early
age, she helped care for her brothers and sisters.
Katie
was united in marriage to John Arthur Langaas on
May 7, 1931 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church of rural
Greenbush and the two made their home and farmed in
Lind Township until moving into Greenbush in 1959.
Katie started working as a midwife in the mid
1920's and continued for many years while she and
John farmed. She later went on to work at the
turkey plant in the late 1950s and then worked for
the Klefstad family for a number of years and was
later employed at the Greenbush Nursing Home and
Hospital. Katie took time off from work to raise
her children and then returned to work at the
Greenbush Nursing Home.
John
died on January 31, 1983, and Katie continued to
make her home in Greenbush and work at the nursing
home, which she retired from at the age of 89.
She
was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church,
Bethlehem Ladies Aid, and the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Katie
enjoyed knitting, sewing and making stuffed
animals. She loved to cook, bake and above all
else, feed people when they came to visit.
Survivors
include one son, Kenneth (Loretta) Langaas of
Greenbush; one daughter, Joyce (Charles) Snyder of
Anchorage, Alaska; one brother, Willie Dallager of
Park Rapids; four grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
She
was preceded in death by her parents; her husband;
two sisters, Gladys Magnuson and Hazel Paulson; and
two brothers, Eddie and Morris Dallager.
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