Marcia Brandt, age 77, of Beaver Creek, Minnesota, died on Friday, June 30, 2023, at her home in Beaver Creek.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 6, 2023, from 5-8 p.m. with the family present at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2023, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Pastor Juanita Parker officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery at Luverne.
Marcia Brandt was born July 16, 1945, in Rock Rapids, Iowa, to Arthur and Mary (Meyn) Rogness. Marcia grew up on the family farm just north of Hills, Minnesota, where she attended school in Hills and graduated in 1963. After graduation she then attended Augustana College and studied education.
Marcia was united in marriage to James Brandt on June 21, 1969, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. They made their home in Beaver Creek and were blessed with five children.
Marcia was employed at Hancock Fabric in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, until her retirement in 2008. Marcia enjoyed fishing, boating, bird watching, flower gardening, baking, sewing, quilting, watching the Minnesota Vikings, and turning various caterpillars into moths and butterflies. She also loved spending time with her grandchildren.
Those left to cherish her memory are her husband of 54 years, James; children, Heather (Dale) Steensma of Steen, Minnesota, Amy (Mike) Brandt of Hills, Minnesota, Jared (Julia) Brandt of Luverne, Minnesota, Jennifer (Lynn) DeYoung of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Matthew Brandt of Wichita, Kansas; 17 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; one sibling, Michael Rogness of Hills, Minnesota.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Mary Rogness; her parents-in-law, Russell and Gladys Brandt; her maternal and paternal grandparents; and two grandchildren, Mary Ann Furney and Alex Matthew Brandt.