Funeral service for Edna Marie Hauge, 85, of Aberdeen will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. The Rev. Deb Grismer will officiate.
Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
There will be a prayer service Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. with visitation from 3-7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
Edna died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012, at her home.
Edna Marie Bolland, daughter of Esten L. and Tina Marie (Holland) Bolland was born Aug. 9, 1927, on Ash Grove Farm, the family homestead near Roslyn. She attended rural school, graduating from Roslyn High School with the class of 1945. Edna began working in Aberdeen, later moving to Sioux Falls.
She was united in marriage to Carvel Hauge on Dec. 30, 1946, in Sioux Falls.
They made their home in the Roslyn area where they farmed. They moved to Aberdeen in the early 1950s. Edna worked fulltime raising her family keeping food on the table and making their clothes. She cleaned homes and was the sample lady at Econofoods. From 1985 to 1993 she operated the "Something Else" flower shop.
Edna was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed quilting, feather crafting, flower and vegetable gardening and making Old Woodland Santa's and Snowmen. She liked to feed the birds in her backyard. Her home was an open house and her coffee pot was always on but "doors are locked at 11".
Edna was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She was a former Cub Scout Leader and 4-H Leader and a former member of Homemakers Club and the Food and Fun Program.
Edna is survived by her children: Marie (Doug) Jensen of Aberdeen, Terry (Judy) Hauge of Aberdeen, Diane (Don) Dabbert of Fargo, Connie McFarland of Brookings, Owen Hauge of Ferney, Trudy (Steve) Lodien of Chisago City, Minn., Kyle (Jamie) Hauge of Pillager, Minn., Shelly (Harold) Ahlers of Renner, Lori (Clarence "Bim") Habeck of Aberdeen, Kristi Hauge of Iroquois and Brian (Amy) Hauge of Aberdeen; one sister, Grace (John) Ward of Lebanon, Ind.; 28 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; son, Carvel (7-4-2010); two sisters: Pearl Millim and Joyce Lardy; and two brothers: Lloyd and Chandler.
Honorary casketbearers will be Edna's grandchildren and Pat McHugh, Butch Sauvage, Mark Tolvstad and A.J. Hatle
Casketbearers will be Terry Hauge, Owen Hauge, Brian Hauge, Kyle Hauge, Clarence "Bim" Habeck, Trudy Lodien, Kristi Hauge, Kenny Gruba and Don Dabbert Sr.
The family prefers memorials to Fron Lutheran Church in Roslyn, Salvation Army in Aberdeen or Ne-So-Dak Bible Camp.
Carlsen Funeral Home and Crematory of Aberdeen has been entrusted with arrangements.
carlsenfh.com