Vivian Elizabeth Dorn, 74, Luverne, died Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne.
Services were Saturday, March 23, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. The Rev. Andrew Beerman officiated. Burial was in St. Catherine Catholic Cemetery, Luverne.
Vivian Bruns was born to Henry and Catherine (Schlicte) Bruns on Aug. 21, 1927, in Wilmont Township near Lismore. She attended St. Killian School and high school in Lismore. Following her education she worked for the Adrian Hospital as a cook for several years.
She married Raymond Dorn on Jan. 27, 1948, at St. Killian Catholic Church. For a time they farmed near Adrian and then moved to Luverne in 1952 where they farmed for many years. She entered Palisades Nursing Home in Garretson, S.D., in 1995. She transferred to Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Center in Luverne on Feb. 1, 2001.
Mrs. Dorn was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne where she was active in the church circles. She was a leader in the Rock County Extension Club and was a leader for Springwater Hustlers 4-H Club for many years. She was Rock County 4-H Mother of the Year and also Rock County Mother of the Year. She took care of the Springwater Township Cemetery. She loved to dance, cook, garden, raise flowers and work with livestock on the farm.
Survivors include her husband, Raymond Dorn, Luverne; four daughters, Colette (Gary) Peterson, Sioux Falls, S.D., Carol (Tom) Foster, Luverne, Colleen Hemme and friend, Butch, Sleepy Eye, Kristy Monger, Pipestone; one son, Mark Dorn, and friend Kari, Luverne; 13 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Norbert Bruns, Wilmont, Vincent (Marie) Bruns, Lubbock, Texas, and Willie (Sue) Bruns, Redlands, Calif.; and six sisters, Coletta (Vincent) Tennessen, Fulda, Viola LeBrun, Worthington, Audrey (Clarence) Kellen, Adrian, Alverna (Joseph) Leach, Melrose, and Irma (John) Schuerger, Cypress, Calif.
Mrs. Dorn was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Mary Ann, and one sister, Marie Henning.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, was in charge of arrangements.