Lorraine Overgaard, 83, Luverne, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2002, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Services were Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. The Rev. Dell Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Luverne Memorial Gardens, rural Luverne.
Lorraine Carlson was born to David and Hulda (Sandgren) Carlson on July 22, 1919, in Magnolia Township, Rock County. She spent her childhood on her parents’ farm and attended public schools. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Nov. 30, 1919, and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Aug. 11, 1935.
She married Oscar Torlief Overgaard on Dec. 10, 1939, in Luverne. They lived on a farm in Kanaranzi Township. She moved to Luverne in 1994.
Mrs. Overgaard was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. She was a member of Lydia Circle and Grace Lutheran Church Woman. She also was a member of the Pinochle Marathon Group.
Survivors include two sons, Norman (Nancy) Overgaard and Larry Overgaard, both of Luverne; two daughters, Loretta (Merlyn) Flom, Sartell, and Carol (Dick) Richters, Luverne; 15 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Howard Carlson, Harold Carlson and Warren (Joan) Carlson; and three sisters, LuVerna Hilliard, Mable Bakke and Florence (Jim) Connell.
Mrs. Overgaard was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Oscar, Oct. 23, 1992, her twin brother, Lawrence, Dec. 24, 1944, and brother, Harvey, Feb. 19, 2001.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.