Eileen M. Handegaard

Eileen M. Handegaard, 86, Lake Park, MN, died there on Thursday, December 27, 2007.Eileen M. Aune was born on January 31, 1921, near Hawley, MN, where she grew up and attended school. She worked in Fargo, ND, at Woolworths. Eileen married Kenneth A. Handegaard on December 11, 1948, in Hawley, MN, and they made their home near Lake Park, where they operated a dairy farm. Kenneth died on October 2, 1989. Eileen was an active member of Lake Park Lutheran Church, teaching Sunday school, quilting and participating in circle. She lived for and took care of her grandchildren. Family was number one in her life, including her children, sisters, and nieces and nephews. She moved to Sunnyside in 2005.Eileen is survived by two sons, Stephen Laura, Dalton, MN, and Mark Randi, Lake Park, MN; one daughter, Mary Todd Nelson, Moorhead; three sisters, Joanne Bob Anderson, Minneapolis, MN, Donna Wallace, Minneapolis, MN, and Lorraine Mickelson, Hawley, MN; nine grandchildren, Jason Erika Handegaard, Kristen Nathan Hanson, Amanda Damian Will, Matthew Handegaard, Sonja Wes Johnson, Heidi Sam Balgaard, Brady Angela Nelson, Corby fiance Ashley Nelson, Grant Nelson; great-grandchildren, Sage and Abby Handegaard, Isabelle Hanson, Emma and Connor Will, Bailey, Gracie and Keela Johnson, Lily Eileen Balgaard. She was preceded in death by her husband, and a sister, Jewel.