Shirley Ann Monson
BLUE EARTH — Shirley Ann Monson, age 89, of Blue Earth, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Care Center. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, at United Lutheran Church in Frost, with Rev. Arne Halbakken officiating.
Burial will be in United Lutheran Cemetery, Frost. Visitation will be from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at St. Luke’s Chapel, 1219 S. Ramsey Street in Blue Earth, and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.com
Shirley was born Oct. 19, 1928, in rural Frost, Minn., to Gerhard and Josephine (Amundson) Sandness. She was baptized and confirmed in Emerald Church at Frost. She graduated from Frost High School in 1946. On March 12, 1948, she married Merrill Monson. Together they lived in Rake, Iowa and Frost, until their move to Elmore in 1950. She worked at Emerson Grocery, Ostermann Grocery and
Fischer Drug until their move to Blue Earth in 1967. She worked at a department store in Blue Earth for 21 1/2 years. Shirley is survived by nieces, Sharon (Butch) Erichsrud, Virginia Johnson, Betty Trytten of Blue Earth, Carol (Mark) Winter of Rake, Janet and Julie Monson of St. James; nephew, Robert Johnson of Northfield; great and great-great nieces and nephews; and brother-in-law, Virgil (Sonja) Monson. Shirley was preceded in death by her husband; infant daughter; her parents; brother, Ervin Sandness; sisters, Evelyn Aarvick and Gladys (Stanley) Johnson; mother and father-in-law, Mons and Alvina Monson; grandparents, Andrew and Sethona Sandness, and Evin and Anna Amundson.
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