Joyce "Mickey" Gabrielson, 70, Austin, formerly of Luverne, died Monday, May 20, 2002, at St. Mary's Hospital.
Services were Friday, May 24, at First Baptist Church in Austin. The Rev. R. Allan Flint officiated. Burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Joyce "Mickey" Thorson was born to Herman and Edna (Welzenbach) Thorson on July 27, 1931.
She married Arnold M. Gabrielson on March 13, 1949, in Minneapolis. She became an LPN and returned to Austin Community College to earn her Registered Nurse degree. She worked as a 2nd floor charge nurse at Austin Medical Center (St. Olaf Hospital. She was also an educator with the I Can Cope program.
Mrs. Gabrielson was a member of First Baptist Church. She was a Sunday School teacher, youth mentor, sang in the choir and was the parish nurse for the congregation. She was an avid flower gardener with a special love of growing roses. She enjoyed baking, letter writing and time spent with family and friends.
Survivors include her husband, Arnold M. (Arnie) Gabrielson Austin; three sons, Tim (Diane) Gabrielson, Austin, Tom (Dawn) Gabrielson, Minneapolis, and Randy (Katey) Gabrielson, Stillwater; three daughters, Susan (Scott) Bjerke, Eagan, Mary (Scot) Jacobson, Cummins, Ga., and Jan (Mark) Tansil, Sebastopol, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Jim (Sharon) Thorson, Rapid City, S.D., and Steve (Mary Jane) Thorson, Ft. Collins, Colo.; one sister, Carol (Roy) Cooper, Albert Lea; and nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Gabrielson was preceded in death by her parents.
The family prefers memorials to the Southern Minnesota WomenÕs Center of First Baptist Church.
Clasen-Jordan Mortuary, Austin, was in charge of arrangements.