Emily Matthiesen, 59, Luverne, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005, at Sioux Valley Luverne Hospice Cottage. Services were Saturday, Dec. 31, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Maurice E. Hagen and Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne. Emily Harms was born to Arthur and Gert (Blom) Harms on Dec. 14, 1946, in Montevideo. She graduated from Clara City High School in Clara City, and Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa. She received her master’s degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. She married Lyle Matthiesen on April 9, 1979, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. After their marriage the couple farmed southeast of Magnolia. They moved to Luverne in 2001. She was a teacher at Luverne Public Schools from 1968 to the present. Mrs. Matthiesen was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne, the Minnesota Education Association and the National Education Association. She enjoyed reading, fancywork, baking and volunteering at Sioux Valley Luverne Hospital. Survivors include her husband, Lyle Matthiesen, Luverne; one son, Jed Matthiesen, Luverne; her mother, Gert Harms, Montevideo; four stepchildren, Collette (Chuck) Springman, Sioux Falls, S.D., Kim Burton, Crooks, S.D., Jodi (Mike) Haas, Searles, and Scott Matthiesen, Champlin; eight stepgrandchildren, Nicole and Jason Scheidt, Lindsay and Alissa Springman, Trevor and Brittney Burton, and Morgan and Brock Matthiesen; one brother, Stan (Faye) Harms, Clara City; and one sister, Elaine Harms, Luverne.Mrs. Matthiesen was preceded in death by her father, Arthur Harms,A tree will be dedicated in memory of Emily Matthiesen by Sioux Valley Luverne Hospice.Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.