Lillian M. Wyrum
Funeral services for Lillian M. Wyrum, age 94 of Albert Lea will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church, Hartland. Pastor Kent Otterman and Pastor Mark Hillmer will officiate. Interment will be in the Alden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7:00 p.m., Friday, May 1, 2015 at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com.
Lillian passed away peacefully April 28, 2015, surrounded by love.
Lillian Mildred Wyrum was born on October 6, 1920 in Estherville, IA to Leonard and Tillie (Stokkeboe) Riskedahl. She attended country school District 81 near Walters and graduated from Alden High School in 1938. After graduation she went on to further her education at Mankato Business College.On March 7, 1943 she married Russell Wyrum at the Hartland Lutheran Church in Hartland and to this union six children were born. Lillian was a hardworking woman who worked at Streaters for over 30 years. She loved to travel, feed birds, garden, and just dig in the dirt.
Survivors include her children Lowell of Saginaw, MN, Dennis (Lorrie) of Culver, MN, Dianne (Dick) Donovan of Littleton, CO, Larry of Anoka, MN, Paul (Judy) of Hartland, and Julie Phillips of Hartland; 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Lillian was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, daughter-in-law Joyce Wyrum, son-in-law Neil Phillips, and brother Neuman Riskedahl.
May the Lord bless her and all the lives she touched with her kind and positive way, for those who knew her will miss her forever. Special thanks to Pastor Kent Otterman for his support and comfort, to the Bancroft Creek Estates family, to Hospice, and to the New Richland Care Center for all their loving care.