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Loretta Boysen

Loretta Boysen, 91, Hills, died Friday, Aug. 13, 2004, at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Services were Tuesday, Aug. 17, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. The Rev. Lowell Berg officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Loretta Irma Johnson was born on March 17, 1913, in Naples, S.D. She grew up in that area and graduated from high school in Vienna, S.D. She married Albert Borden in 1936 and later divorced in 1942. For several years she lived in Sioux Falls, S.D., where she worked for Manchester Biscuit Co. She married Perry Boysen in 1948 in Sioux Falls. They lived in Hills while Perry farmed near Steen. Mr. Boysen died on March 17, 1970. She entered Luverne Community Hospital on Wednesday, July 28. She moved to the Luverne Hospice Cottage on Friday, Aug. 13, where she died that evening. Mrs. Boysen was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. She enjoyed taking part in the church Ladies Aid and circles. Se was also a member of an extension club for many years and was active in Hills Senior Citizens. Her favorite hobby was sewing, until she had to discontinue due to failing eyesight. She sewed many quilts that she enjoyed giving to others. Survivors include one son, Allan (Cheryll) Boysen, Sioux Falls; one daughter, Lorraine (Charles) Draper, Pipestone; three grandsons, Brian Draper, Inver Grove Heights, John (Theresa) Draper, Pipestone, and Michael (Kelli) Draper, Brooklyn Park; one great-granddaughter, Kaitlyn Draper, Pipestone; one sister, Norma Christopherson, Canton, S.D., and two sisters-in-law, Eunice and Lily Johnson, both of Watertown, S.D.Mrs. Boysen was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Perry Boysen, five brothers, Alvin, Milo, Sylvester, Woodrow and Warren Johnson, and three sisters, Annette and Irene Johnson and Bernice Flora.A tree will be planted in memory of Loretta Boysen by the Luverne Hospice Cottage. Roste Funeral Home, Hills, was in charge of arrangements.

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