1937 – Marianne Agnes Kerr – 2019
Marianne Kerr was born on October 18, 1937 in Tracy, Minnesota to William and Agnes Sanders Lord. She grew up on the family farm near Garvin, Minnesota and graduated from Tracy High School in 1955. She and Warren Kerr were married on June 26, 1957 at St. Mary’s Church in Tracy. Following their marriage they made their home in Marshall, Minnesota for one year before moving to Currie, Minnesota. In 1963 they moved to Slayton, Minnesota where Marianne worked at the Ridotto Inn Motel in Slayton. Marianne did volunteer driving for Murray County Transportation office in Slayton. Warren passed away on July 24, 2008. Following Warren’s death Marianne moved to Mapleview Apartments in Fulda, Minnesota. In 2012 she became a resident of the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda. Marianne passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at the Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of 81. She was a member of St. Ann’s Church in Slayton where she served as lecturer, reader, on the church council, as financial secretary and painted baptismal and paschal candle’s. She also was a member of the Catholic Daughters and the C.C.W. Marianne served on the Murray County Christmas Project Board, and Murray County Food Shelf Board. Marianne enjoyed spending time with her family, baking, crafts, knitting, embroidery, genealogy, gardening, and jigsaw puzzles.
Survivors include her four children: Gregory Kerr, River Falls, WI, Patricia Kerr-Reitsma, Minneapolis, MN, Angela Henning and her husband Dale, Mason City, IA, and Teresa Daugherty and her husband Tom, Dacula, GA; eight grandchildren: Jacob Kerr, Adam Reitsma, Matthew Reitsma, Paul Henning, Andrew Henning, Jeffrey Henning and his wife Mindy, Samantha Daugherty and Alaina Daugherty; four siblings and their spouses: Patricia Lord, Crystal, MN, Darlene and Allan Rolling, Garvin, MN, Max and Mary Lord, Marshall, MN, and Desneige and Jim Gervais, Currie, MN. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Warren.
Funeral services were held at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton, MN on Saturday, June 1, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. with Fr. Thien Nguyen officiating. The organist was Judy Andrews. The song leader was Sheila Crowley. The gift bearers were her granddaughters. The pallbearers were her grandsons. Interment is at St. Ann’s Cemetery in Slayton, MN. Memorials may be directed the American Heart Association or the Parkinson’s Foundation. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton was entrusted with arrangements. To send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com
