Many of you may recall elderly goofball sisters of the stage Marlene and Darlene from Leota, Minnesota.
Over the years, the pair have attempted to save the Luverne Senior Citizens Center (now Generations) from certain demise.
Always the pessimist, Marlene believes the end of the senior center is at hand and it’s her job to keep the doors open.
Darlene thinks there are simply not enough single men to be found there but a few more interesting activities might draw them in.
In December of 2019, the sisters tried to present “The Nutcracker” from the stage of Luverne’s Palace Theatre. Their goal was to raise enough money to buy the former event center as a new location for the seniors. Because Darlene inadvertently put out the “suggestion” box instead of the “donation” box, very little money was raised.
The seniors purchased a new building in spite of this temporary setback.
In the spring of 2022, as part of the new building’s grand opening, Marlene and Darlene took to the Generations stage to share their tale of victory over the COVID lockdown.
They attended the Generations “stretch and bend” class where the grueling (by Marlene’s standards) workout resulted in her collapsing in the class.
This near-death experience led the sisters to visit Jeff Hartquist and create a meaningful funeral plan. For Marlene, this meant choosing the best kind of cake for her funeral luncheon while Darlene focused on gathering a team of beefy pallbearers.
When we left off last spring, Marlene was still torn between choosing a life of clean living or eating more cake. “I tried a two-week diet once and all I lost was 14 days,” she says.
On Thursday, April 27, Marlene and Darlene will return to the stage at Generations to once again try to “Save Are Generations.”
Save the date to see what the goofball sisters from Leota, Minnesota, have up their sleeves this year.
And, as Marlene likes to say, “Oh for Pete’s sake. All you do is sit around anyway. Just come to the Generations and laugh, would ya?”