Lottie I. Einum

Lottie Ione Einum, age 94, of Menomonie, WI passed away Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016 at the American Lutheran Home in Menomonie.

She was born August 25, 1922 in Carryville, WI to George and Ida (Slinde) Sorenson. She attended elementary school in Downing where she lived with her aunt and uncle, Oliver and Emma Slinde, after the death of her mother Ida in 1928.

Lottie attended high school in Menomonie and was confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church in Menomonie in 1937, where she has been a member ever since.

On Aug. 31, 1940, Lottie married Raymond Einum. They were married 66 years at the time of Ray’s death in 2006.

She was an active member of Christ Lutheran Church, where she was a member of the choir, church circles and Sunday school teacher. She also volunteered for twenty years at the Dunn County Health Care Center.

Lottie loved music and singing, needle work, and most of all her grandchildren.

Lottie is survived by a son Daniel (Gail), daughter Jill, daughter-in-law Donna Einum; five grandchildren, David (Pierrette) Einum, Paul (Cherie) Einum, James Einum, Sarah (Will) Larson, Chelsea (Jimmy) McFarlane; six great-grandchildren, Linus Einum, Julia and Nicholas Einum, William and Cassandra Larson and Fitz McFarlane.

She was preceded in death by her husband Ray, a son James, her parents, two sisters, Grace and Francis, a brother Arnold, and a half-brother Orville.

Lottie’s family extends a special thank you to the staff at American Lutheran Home for their care and compassion.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 at Christ Lutheran Church in Menomonie, with Pastor Jeanne Warner officiating. Burial will be in Christ Lutheran Halvorson Church Cemetery. There will be visitation at the church one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Olson Funeral Home in Menomonie is serving the family.