Marion L. Birkeland, 76, Luverne, died Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Services were Monday, Nov. 25, at Kenneth Lutheran Church in Kenneth. The Rev. Dell B. Sanderson officiated. Burial was in Blue Mound Lutheran Cemetery, rural Luverne.
Marion Scott was born to B.J. and Levia (Trowbridge) Scott on Nov. 15, 1926, in Hardwick. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1944.
She married Thomas E. Birkeland on Feb. 24, 1946, in Luverne. After their marriage, the couple lived in Minneapolis for two years, and then moved to rural Windom where they worked for Thompson Lands. In 1954, they settled northeast of Luverne and began farming. She worked in the Kenneth and Hardwick banks until 1978. She worked on the farm with her husband until his death in 1992. She continued living on the farm until entering the Hospice Cottage in November 2001.
Mrs. Birkeland was a member of Kenneth Lutheran Church. She had a great love for woodworking and had made five grandfather clocks. She also enjoyed socializing and playing cards with friends.
Survivors include four children and their spouses, Rebecca and Gary Herreid, Chaska, Connie and Dennis Lange, Pipestone, Victoria and Randy Smook and Terri and Jake Bruynes, all of Luverne; seven grandchildren, Michael and Sheree Herreid, Aaron (Renee) Lange, Rebecca (Joe) Popper, Jodie Smook and Jacob and Caleb Bruynes; two great-granddaughters, Mackenzie Popper and Brenna Henning; one sister, Ginny Bird, North Mankato; three sisters-in-law, Margaret Skorr, Jasper, Marcella Scott, Hardwick, and Lavonne Scott, Red Wing; and two brothers-in-law, Norb Agnitsch, Phoenix, Ariz., and Henry Berkeland, Willow Lake, S.D.
Mrs. Birkeland was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Thomas Birkeland in 1992, two sisters, Eva Agnitsch, and Louetta Arp, and two brothers, Earl Scott and Dale Scott.
A tree will be planted in memory of Marion Birkeland by Hospice of Luverne Community Hospital.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.