Ashlynn Heather Haraldson, 5 months, 26 days, died Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Tuesday, Aug. 7, in Bethany Lutheran Church, Luverne. The Rev. Paul Fries officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Ashlynn Haraldson was born to Tim Haraldson and Dawn Gustafson on Feb. 8, 2001, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D. She lived with her parents in Luverne. She was a special joy to her entire family and was blessed with a precious smile.
Survivors include her parents, Tim Haraldson and Dawn Gustafson, Luverne; one brother, Jeffrey Robert Lacey; one sister, Samantha Jo Quigley; maternal grandparents, William and Diane Gustafson, Sioux Falls; paternal grandparents, Jim and Geraldine Haraldson, Luverne; maternal great-grandmother, Hazel Bednarek, Sioux Falls; paternal great-grandparents, Clara Haraldson, Ihlen, and Virgil and Marjorie Staeffler, Hardwick; aunts and uncles, Candy Gustafson, Sioux Falls, Mike and Maryln VanGrootheest, Luverne, Todd and Tricia Haraldson, Mitchell, S.D., and Mark and Michele Nelson, Hills; and seven cousins.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.