Funeral services for June Lageson will be held Saturday, April 16 at Community Lutheran Church in Geneva, MN. Reverend Dr. Kristen Venne will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery in Ellendale, MN. Bonnerup Funeral Service is handling the arrangements.
June Lageson, of Geneva, passed away at her home on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. She was 74 years old. June Marie Ottesen was born at her home in Clarks Grove on April 9, 1942 to her parents, Clarence and Bernice (Hansen) Ottesen. She was raised in rural Ellendale and was a member at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale for many years. In 1949 when June was 7 years old, she had Polio and was admitted to the Sister Kenny Institute in Minneapolis.
June married her husband Lyle Lageson on November 15, 1958 at The Little Brown Church in Iowa. They began raising their five children in Minnesota and then moved to Phoenix in 1970. She was a cashier at Basha’s Grocery chain for 33 years in Phoenix.In 2007, June moved back to Geneva, MN to enjoy her retirement and spend time with family and friends. She was a member of the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva and very active in the quilters group, altar guild, and WELCA. She was also a member of the “Bar Fly” group and Red Hat Society.
June enjoyed being a social butterfly, but in her spare time could be found at home watching birds or her favorite game show Jeopardy.
June is survived by her children, Michelle (John) Curry of Wimberley, TX, David Lageson and Cristina Moreno of Phoenix, AZ, Liz Lageson (Joe Sahawneh) of Geneva, MN, Ben (Hope) Lageson of Hope, MN; nine grandchildren; ine great-grandchild; brothers and sisters, Phyllis Anderson, Marge (Wally) Wobschall, Ruth Sather, Jim Ottesen, Kathy (Paul) Underland, Butch (Gail) Ottesen, Leanie Bergland, Liz (Rick) Wangsness; sisters-in-law, Amanda Beech and Bobby Lageson; as well as many other relatives.
June is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lyle Lageson; son, Marc Lageson; brother, Eugene “Sonny” Ottesen who died in the Korean Conflict in 1952; parents-in-law, Helen and Ephriam Lageson; sisters-in-law, Helen Marie Zamora and Betty Ottesen; brothers-in-law, Egel Anderson, Keith Sather, and Mike Bergland.