Jeanne passed away Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at the Kingsway Retirement Living Home in Belle Plaine, Minn. Lakeview Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Fairmont is assisting the family with arrangements.

Jeanne Celander was born July 29, 1929, in Ceylon, Minn., the daughter of Elsie (Palmer) and Carl Sundberg. Jeanne attended Country school 114 through 8th grade and graduated from Fairmont High School with the class of 1947. She married Vincent Celander on Sept. 4, 1949, at the Fairmont Methodist Church. They farmed in East Chain and Silver Lake Townships. Jeanne enjoyed working in the fields along side her husband. They retired farming in 1995, and moved to Belle Plaine, Minn. in 2009. She was past president of Martin County Historical Society, co-chaired the publication of the Martin County History Book, helped establish the Martin County Preservation Association while helping to save the Chubb House. Jeanne enjoyed many hobbies doing puzzles, word games, collecting dress buttons. She enjoyed doing genealogy and made several books of her family histories. She especially loved entertaining at their home on the farm whether it was friends, relatives or family when they could spend a weekend. After they moved to Belle Plaine, they added great-grandchildren and until the pandemic they looked forward to get-togethers. Jeanne enjoyed attending as well as setting up flea markets, swap meets, rummage sales, and auctions with her husband, Vincent. She is survived by her children, Marcia (Jeff) Hiltz, Larry Celander, former spouse, Vicki Celander; grandchildren, Kristi, Brian, Laura, Ricardo, and Leah; great-grandchildren, McKenzie, Caden, Stevie, Eric, Mariana, and Benjamin; sister, Janice Walker and Ron Bianchetto of Cambria, Calif.; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Jeanne was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent; parents, Carl and Elsie Sundberg; father-in-law and mother-in-law; sister, Margret Sagissor; brother, Richard Sundberg; and grandson, Eric Celander.

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