Edna M. Matthees, 94 of South Haven died Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017, at the Annandale Care Center.
A memorial service was held Monday, Dec. 18, at Zion Lutheran Church in Annandale with Rev. Thomas Queck officiating. Burial followed at Concordia Lutheran Cemetery.
Edna is survived by her children, John Raymond Matthees, Sr. and his wife Krista of South Haven and Mary Hemminger and her husband Michael, Sr. of South Haven; grandchildren John Raymond Matthees, Jr. and his wife Leslie, Char Rae Matthees-Reid, Michael Hemminger, Jr., Nick Hemminger and his wife Katie, and Blake Hemminger and his wife Wendy Guerra; great-grandchildren, Mackenzie, Lauren and Jack Matthees, Lauren Medinger, Camryn and Taylor Reid and Sophia Hemminger; sister, Emily Jerome of Superior, Wisconsin; and brother Robert Phelps and his wife Cathy of Sparta, Wisconsin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and sisters, Geraldine Curtis, Lorraine Puhek, Bertha Porter and MaryAnn Puhek.
Edna Mary Matthees was born Dec. 23, 1922, in Deer River to Robert "Dewey" and Louise (Bruder) Phelps. She grew up in Hibbing and graduated from Hibbing High School with the Class of 1941. After graduation, Edna moved to Wells and lived with her aunt and uncle Jack and Linda Bruder and cousins John Bruder and Dorothy Brannon. She joined First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Wells and was baptized and confirmed at the church on December 21, 1941. She graduated from Mankato Beauty College in 1942 and opened Edna’s Beauty Shop in Wells. The shop was ruined as a result of a tornado, so Edna moved to Minneapolis and opened another beauty shop on Lake St. and Hennepin Ave. On Aug. 29, 1957, Edna was united in marriage to Raymond Matthees in Milbank, South Dakota. They lived and raised their family on the Matthees family farm in South Haven.
Edna was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Annandale where she was active with the Zion Busy Needles and LWML. She was also a member of St. Luke’s Senior Quilters, Clearwater Lioness Club, Clearwater American Legion Auxiliary Post 323 and the Camp Friendship Auxiliary. Edna enjoyed quilting, crocheting, embroidering, gardening, bird watching and spending time in nature.
Urn bearers: Edna’s grandchildren.
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