July 18, 1915 - Nov. 10, 2007
DANVERS -- Louise Josephine Nylander, 92, of Danvers died Saturday at Minnewaska Lutheran Home in Starbuck.
The service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Church of The Visitation Catholic Church in Danvers. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson, with a rosary at 4:30 p.m. and for one hour prior to the service Friday at the church.
She was born July 18, 1915, in Six Mile Grove Township, Swift County, to John and Josephine (Mattheisen) McGee. She grew up in Six Mile Grove Township and attended country school through the eighth grade. She lived at home and attended to her ailing mother.
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She married Alfred Nylander on Oct. 10, 1942, in Danvers. The family farmed in West Bank Township, Swift County. She was a housewife and helped farm. She worked at Fingerhut in Benson for a few years when her children were grown. Alfred died in 1992.
She was a member of the West Bank Homemakers Club and Church of the Visitation Altar and Rosary Society.
She is survived by her children: Mary Ann (and George) Landsberger of Altamont, Ill., John (and Raye Nae) Nylander of Baltic, S.D., and Kathleen (and Dennis) Schreck of Glenwood; seven grandchildren; one great-grandchild; siblings: Margaret Erickson of Lamberton, Charles (and Evelyn) McGee of Benson and Marion (and Walter) Butler of Sauk Centre.
She was preceded in death by her husband, a sister and five brothers.
