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Valborg “Vollie” Eppler

March 3, 1920 — February 28, 2015

Valborg Vollie Eppler, 94, of Hawley, MN, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2015.

She was born March 3, 1920 to Albert and Tillie Hillestad Johnson. She was baptized by Rev. Dalagar and confirmed by S.G. Houge. She attended country school and Hitterdal High school.

Vollie married Elmer Eppler on October 21, 1944. She was a lifetime member of Lysne Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday school and was a member of the Ladies Aid and Circle. She also was a member of Sons of Norway, Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Union, and the Rebecka Lodge in Detroit Lakes. Vollie worked at Fairmont Creamery and Herbst Department Store and later in life she did hour work in Fargo. Elmer and Vollie enjoyed dancing and gardening and they farmed north of Hawley for forty years. Elmer passed away on November 17, 1988 and Vollie then moved to Hawley.

On her 80th birthday she went on a tour of Europe. In later years she enjoyed weekends with her family at their homes. She moved to Linden Tree Circle at Eventide in Moorhead in 2011 and to Eventide Nursing Home in 2015.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brothers, Haaken Johnson and Philip Johnson, her sisters, Gudrun Knutson, Sarah Dorff, infant sister Elsie Johnson, and granddaughter, Shauna Eppler.

She is survived by one son, Nathan Hope Eppler, of Pelican Rapids, three daughters, Lynette Dale Jensen, of Moorhead, LuGene Randy Peterson, of Lake Park, and Ronda Mike Dauner, of Hawley. She is also survived by one sister, Ann Harry Jackim, of Moorhead, one sister-in-law, Ione Johnson, of Hawley, 10 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

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Service Schedule

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Visitation

Thursday, March 2, 2023

5:00 - 7:00 pm (Central time)

Wright Funeral Home, Hawley, MN

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Service

Friday, March 3, 2023

Starts at 2:00 pm (Central time)

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Cemetery

Friday, March 3, 2023

Lysne Lutheran Cemetery

20500 80th Ave N, Hawley, MN 56549

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