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Ramona Vlastuin

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Ramona Margaret Vlastuin, 93, Luverne, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. followed by burial at St. Catherine Cemetery in Luverne.
Ramona Simons was born to Henry and Ann (Clercx) Simons on July 27, 1929, in Larchwood, Iowa. She attended St. Mary’s school and graduated in 1947. While working at Brugmann’s Pharmacy in Rock Rapids, Iowa, she met Gerrit Vlastuin.
On April 10, 1950, Ramona and Gerrit were married at St. Mary Catholic Church in Larchwood. The couple made their home on a farm near Doon, Iowa, where they were blessed with three children. In 1965 they moved to a farm near Beaver Creek. In 1988 they moved from their farm to Luverne. Gerrit passed away in 2002. Ramona moved to the Prince of Peace Retirement Community in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in Jan 2020.
Ramona worked in the Beaver Creek Elementary School, followed by many years volunteering at the Sanford Gift Shop in Luverne. She was a lifelong member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary and a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, where she often volunteered.
In her lifetime, Ramona gained a great love of travel, coffee with friends, crafts, card games, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Ramona is survived by her children Linda (Chuck) Wattier and Lorae (Eugene) Lodes; daughter-in-law Lynette Vlastuin; six grandchildren, Jordan (Noelle) Vlastuin, Jared (Abby) Vlastuin, Madysen Vlastuin, Melissa (Eric) Bauder, Ashley (Ryan) DeMent, and Chris (Sheri) Lodes; nine great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law Jeanette “Nettie” (John) Van Surksum, Emma Vlastuin, Till Blom,  and Ann Vlastuin; and brother-in-law Elmer Vlastuin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gerrit; and a son, Leland Vlastuin, in November 2021.
Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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