Mildred Idona Slattum

ALBERT LEA, Minn.— Funeral services for Mildred I. Slattum, age 94, of Albert Lea will be held at 2:30 pm, Wednesday at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Marcia Hall will officiate. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at Bayview. To sign the guest book, go to www.bayview funeral.com.

Mildred passed away Friday (Jan. 21, 2005) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Mildred (Field) Slattum was born on Feb. 23, 1910, to Ida (Finsaas) and Martin O. Field in rural Fertile, Iowa. She was baptized at Beaver Creek Lutheran Church. She graduated from Fertile High School and then attended Cedar Falls Teaching College. She was a country school teacher for several years.

On May 16, 1930, Mildred married Irvin Slattum in Osage. They farmed in the Joice area for many years. Irvin and Mildred enjoyed many winters in Tucson, Ariz., returning home in the spring to raise strawberries. They were members of Winnebago Lutheran Church.

Irvin and Mildred moved to Albert Lea in 1976. They continued making their wonderful lefse for many to enjoy. They were members of Trinity Lutheran Church. Mildred was a gifted writer and enjoyed sharing her keen sense of humor in this and many other ways. Mildred spent the last twelve years at Knutson Place Apartments.

Grateful for sharing in her life are her three daughters and three sons-in-law; Marilyn and Dale Otto of Center, Texas, Yvonne and Adrian Hestness of Albert Lea, and Marlys and Stan Nederhoff of Mason City; six grandchildren, Susan and her husband, Harry Stephens, of Hallsville, Texas, Julie and her husband, Gary Rholes, of Center, Texas, Ellen and her husband, Todd Johnson, of Bloomington, Minn., Tim and his wife, Mary Hestness, of Edina, Minn., Steve and his wife, Becky Hestness, of Apple Valley, Minn., and Darin Nederhoff of Mason City; fourteen great-grandchildren, Katie and Karla Haugland, Alyssa Peterson, Justin and his wife, Robin Peterson, Jessica, Eric, Blake, and Kristin Johnson, Amanda and Ben Hestness, and Kayla, Darby, Brett, and Trevor Hestness.

Mildred was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She found great enjoyment in her family.

She is also survived by two sisters, Bernice Tweed of Decorah, and Gladys Almelien of Joice; one sister-in-law, Eileen Field of Belmond; a special relative, Alice Bjerke; and many nieces and nephews.

She was welcomed into Heaven by her husband, Irvin, who preceded her in death in 1983. Also preceding her were her parents; three sisters; Evelyn Kingland, Antoinette Brodigan, and Palma Johnson; a brother, Marlin Field; a granddaughter, Diane Hestness; and many other friends and relatives.