Mary Ann (Olien) Josephson was born May 16, 1920, at Finlayson, Minnesota, to Andrew and Nicoline (Cornelius) Olien. The family moved to a farm southwest of Clarkfield, Minnesota, where she attended Clarkfield Public School and graduated from there in 1938. After high school, she attended a post graduate course in business and on completion started working for the Agriculture Stabilization Service in Clarkfield where she worked for five years. On September 5, 1943, she and John Josephson of Minneota, Minnesota, were united in marriage at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Clarkfield. To the union, two children were born, a son, Richard and a daughter, Karen. Mary Ann loved garden work and flower beds as well as doing a lot of embroidery, fancy work, crocheting, fine needle work, all kinds of crafts, and baking. One of her favorite projects was to decorate and make up boxes of cookies to give at Christmas time. Mary Ann enjoyed helping others and she always had time to help someone who was sick. She was a very active member with Ladies Aid and other activities of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Minneota where they were longtime members. After recently moving to Clarkfield, they joined Clarkfield Lutheran Church. She is survived by her husband John; son Richard and wife Deborah of St. Cloud, Minnesota; daughter Karen and husband Scott Theis and two grandchildren Danielle and Dominic of Stillwater, Minnesota; a sister Clarice of Minneapolis, Minnesota; a sister-in-law Inger Olein of Montevideo, Minnesota; and a sister-in-law Louise (Josephson) Solberg and husband Lawrence of St. Paul, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents and brother Lyle. Visitation Thursday, September 6, 2001 * 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Lynner Funeral Home, Clarkfield, Minnesota Funeral Service Friday, September 7, 2001 * 1:00 p.m Clarkfield Lutheran Church, Clarkfield, Minnesota Officiating Pastor Terry Brandt Pastor Sarah Malm Lutter (St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Minneota) Organist, Karen Donner Soloist Ross Riecke "The Lord's Prayer" Congregational Hymns "Savior Like a Shepard Lead Us" "How Great Thou Art" "Amazing Grace" Casket Bearers Charles Gaffney, Dr. Norman Hagberg Hubert Hoff, Jim Miller Duane Morland, Clarence Thompson Final Resting Place Clarkfield Lutheran Cemetery, Clarkfield, Minnesota Arrangements by Lynner Funeral Home Since 1891 Clarkfield Minnesota