Joanne Freese
d. October 8, 2022
JoAnne June Freese, age 81, of Maynard, passed away on Saturday, October 8, 2022, at Avera Care Center in Granite Falls. Funeral Service will be at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 3:00 PM. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be at the Bethany Reformed Cemetery in Clara City.
JoAnne was born on June 23, 1941, to Henry and Margaret (Harting) Tebben at home in Maynard, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City, Minnesota.
JoAnne attended Maynard public schools. Following school, she resided on the farm. She enjoyed helping on the farm and enjoyed baking, cooking, and raising her children. Later she received her certified nursing assistant certificate and worked at the Granite Falls nursing home.
JoAnne enjoyed bowling, polka dancing, listening to music, playing her accordion, gardening, helping with the animals, being together with friends and family, and riding horses.
JoAnne is survived by her children, Brad and Judy Lee, Curtis and Debbie Lee, Ralph and Deb Lee; sister, Evelyn Halvorson of Montevideo; sister-in-law, Lorraine Tebben of Granite Falls, Stanley and Marilyn Freese of Murdock; grandchildren, Amanda and Terry Lein of Boyd, Veronica and Jeffrey Blommel of Montevideo; step grandchildren, Donald Mahlum Jr. of Maynard, Rachell Minsaas of Willmar; 4 great grandchildren; 5 step great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.
JoAnne is preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard Freese and Kenneth Lee; parents, Henry and Margaret; son, Richard Lee; granddaughter, Cassandra Lee; brothers, Harold and Mary Ellen Tebben, Johnny Tebben; brother-in-law, Irving Halvorson.
JoAnne was born on June 23, 1941, to Henry and Margaret (Harting) Tebben at home in Maynard, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City, Minnesota.
JoAnne attended Maynard public schools. Following school, she resided on the farm. She enjoyed helping on the farm and enjoyed baking, cooking, and raising her children. Later she received her certified nursing assistant certificate and worked at the Granite Falls nursing home.
JoAnne enjoyed bowling, polka dancing, listening to music, playing her accordion, gardening, helping with the animals, being together with friends and family, and riding horses.
JoAnne is survived by her children, Brad and Judy Lee, Curtis and Debbie Lee, Ralph and Deb Lee; sister, Evelyn Halvorson of Montevideo; sister-in-law, Lorraine Tebben of Granite Falls, Stanley and Marilyn Freese of Murdock; grandchildren, Amanda and Terry Lein of Boyd, Veronica and Jeffrey Blommel of Montevideo; step grandchildren, Donald Mahlum Jr. of Maynard, Rachell Minsaas of Willmar; 4 great grandchildren; 5 step great grandchildren; as well as many nieces and nephews.
JoAnne is preceded in death by her husbands, Leonard Freese and Kenneth Lee; parents, Henry and Margaret; son, Richard Lee; granddaughter, Cassandra Lee; brothers, Harold and Mary Ellen Tebben, Johnny Tebben; brother-in-law, Irving Halvorson.
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