Adeline Anna Lina Ogitzak Lindstrom was born on September 21, 1913 in Camden Township, Carver County Minnesota to Samuel and Anna Zuehl Ogitzak.
She was baptized on October 5, 1913 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hollywood, Minnesota. She was confirmed on June 12, 1927 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Glencoe, Minnesota, and attended public school in Rich Valley, McLeod County.
On January 5, 1938, she married Arthur Lindstrom in Lester Prairie and the couple farmed for 40 years in the Lamson and Stockholm area. They retired in 1969 and moved into Cokato. Adeline moved into the Cokato Apartments #1 following the tornado in 1992, and subsequently moved to Brookridge assisted living in 2012. She became a resident of the Cokato Manor on January 31, 2016, where she passed away on March 3, 2016, at the age of 102.
Adeline has been an active member of Stockholm Lutheran Church since 1947. She was a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, gardening, especially flowers, canning, playing cards, quilting, and making pickles. She did all of these well into her 90’s and made cookies, dill pickles, jam and jellies at 101.
Adeline was preceded in death by her husband Art in 1976, her parents, three sisters, three brothers, a son-in-law and a nephew.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty Wenlund and Jan Olson; a son James and wife Darleen; six grand children: Geri (John) Olson, Greg (Lisa) Wenlund, Jeffrey (Laura) Lindstrom, Sara Lindstrom, Michael (Sandy) Olson, and Kristin Olson; ten great grandchildren, one great-great grandson, one sister-in-law and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of Adeline’s life will be held at 2:00 PM, April 2, 2016 at Stockholm Lutheran Church. A gathering of family and friends will take place 1 hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cokato, MN, www.swansonpeterson.com, 320-286-2534.