Anna Marie Tofteland, 74, Luverne, died Friday, Nov. 30, 2001, in the Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Services were Monday, Dec. 3, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Revs. Maurice E. Hagen and Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Anna Johnson was born to Ole and Oline (Gunderson) Johnson on Sept. 6, 1927, in Vienna Township, rural Kenneth. She attended eight grades in Kenneth Elementary School and graduated from Luverne High School in 1945. She worked as a secretary at Tri-State Insurance in Luverne.
She married Erling Tofteland on Dec. 18, 1947, at the parsonage of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Luverne. After their marriage the couple farmed southwest of Magnolia. In February 1956 they moved to the family farm southwest of Luverne. They moved to Luverne in November 1989. She and her husband enjoyed extensive traveling, especially throughout Europe. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Tofteland was an active member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne, GLCW and Circle. She was also active in Sons of Norway for more than 30 years. She enjoyed bowling and playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, Erling Tofteland, Luverne; four children and their spouses, Steve and Julie Tofteland, rural Luverne, Stanley and Joy Tofteland, Waukee, Iowa, Debra and Kevin Corey, Andover, and Andrew and Sally Tofteland, Ramsey; 12 grandchildren, Ryan, Jason, Rachel, John, Barry, Emily, Bradley, Sandra, Gretchen, Benjamin, Chad and Matthew; three brothers, John (Rosa) Johnson, Luverne, Olaf Johnson, San Diego, Calif., and Lloyd (Jean) Johnson, Albert Lea; a brother-in-law, Lawrence Steiner, Luverne; and two sisters-in-law, Betty Johnson, Luverne, and Jeanette Johnson, Lancaster, Calif.
Mrs. Tofteland was preceded in death by her parents, one grandson, Brian Conrad Tofteland, in 1976, two brothers, George Johnson and Kenny Johnson, and one sister, Ida Steiner.
Holm Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.