Irene Rosten of Oklee, MN passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at Poplar Meadows in McIntosh, MN.
Celebration of life for Irene will be held 11 AM on Saturday January 11, 2025 at Salem Lutheran Church near Oklee, MN with Reverend Timothy Lundeen officiating. Burial will be held at Salem Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.
Irene Pearl Barsness was born at her grandparent’s farm in Equality Township rural Oklee, MN on April 11, 1938. As a child she moved into Oklee. She attended and graduated from Oklee High School where she was a valedictorian. Irene was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Oklee, MN.
Irene was united in marriage to John Raymond “Ray” Rosten May 26, 1956 at Zion Lutheran Church in Oklee, MN by Pastor Grorud. They lived in Milwaukee and Minneapolis before settling on the Rosten family farm in rural Plummer in 1958. Which was home for the next 52 years.
The family attended Salem Lutheran Church where Irene taught Sunday School and was active in the WELCA holding several offices also receiving the Mary Magdalene award for 59 years of service.
She was a longtime employee at Oklee Quilting. First for Wally Groberg and then later for Loretta Syrtveit. After retiring she volunteered with the Foster Grandparent Program at RLCC Elementary for several years. The last years she was a volunteer at the Senior Meal Site and Craft Shop in Oklee.
She enjoyed sewing, her flowers, doing crafts and crossword puzzles, enjoyed playing cards with her group, listening to country gospel music, reading and especially the grandchildren and great-grandchildren sports and school activities.
She is survived by, four children John Rosten of Plummer, MN, Steve (Bernie) Rosten of Plummer, MN, Sandra (Darrell) Tougas of Oklee, MN and Bradley Rosten of California; grandchildren Brandon (Francis) Tougas, Jennifer (Pat) O’Neill, Tyler Tougas, Delanie Rosten, Heath (Sarah) Rosten, Jillian, Liam, and Ava Rosten; step-grandchildren Joe (Andrea) Larson, Annette Larson, great-grandchildren Brady, Jacob, Olivia, Sophia, Micah, Peyton, Owen Quentin, Calvin, Ellianah, William, and Wallace.
Irene is preceded in death by her husband Ray, mother Lovina Barsness, Brother Marlin and her grandparents.
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