Vivian L. Steffen

Vivian L. Steffen, 86, Eventide Lutheran Home, Moorhead, MN, died on Tuesday, December 5, 2006, in the nursing home.Vivian Laura Satre was born on May 22, 1920, at home near Frost, MN, where she grew up and attended country school, graduating from high school in Frost, MN. She attended Mankato State College for one year and then went to work in Minneapolis, MN. Vivian married Richard Steffen on September 12, 1942, at Central Lutheran Church, in Minneapolis, MN, and they made their home in Mankato, MN. They moved to Moorhead, MN, where Dick opened Steffen's Office Equipment in 1950. Vivian graduated from Moorhead State College in 1966 and taught in the Moorhead Schools, including Washington, Riverside and Probstfield. They wintered in Mesa, AZ, for many years in retirement. Vivian moved to Eventide Lutheran Home in February of 2003.She is survived by her husband Richard, Moorhead, MN; two sons, John Susan Steffen, Minneapolis, MN, and Paul Jeannette Steffen, Thousand Oaks, CA; one sister, Jean Wilbur Krosch, Blue Earth, MN; and five grandchildren.