Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Walter Sorenson passed away at the Hutchinson Hospital on January 15, 2022.

Funeral Service 2PM Saturday January 29, 2022 at Highland Community Church of Cokato

Visitation; 4-8 PM Friday 1/28/2022 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1 hour prior to service on Saturday at Church.

Interment: 2 PM Monday January 31, 2022 at Cokato City Cemetery

Lila Marie Johnson, 94, of Minnetonka passed away peacefully at Good Samaritan Care Center in Howard Lake on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

Lila was born February 20, 1927 in Deer Creek, Minnesota to Walfred and Julia Johnson.  Lila was the third of five daughters.

As a young woman, Lila moved to Minneapolis where she worked for Business Incentives, a small start-up company, and was employed as a bookkeeper.  She remained with Business Incentives until she retired as the Vice President of Operations.

One of Lila’s most admirable qualities was her compassion for others. This compassion was rooted in her deep love of Christ and endured throughout her life, in spite of her long-term illness.

As an active member of her church, she supported both local and foreign missions.

Lila enjoyed travel, time with family and friends, gardening, and her beloved horses and dogs.

Lila is preceded in death by her parents, Walfred and Julia Johnson, and three sisters, Mildred Peterson, Elsie Lekander, and Elma Aho.

Lila is survived by her sister, Inez Johnson, and seven nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Howard Lake on January 21st at 11:00 am.  Visitation is one hour prior to the service.

Ardelle Quanbeck, 89

Ardelle Elaine (Skovholt) Quanbeck, 89, passed away peacefully December 31, 2021 at the Cokato Manor. Ardelle was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota to Nels and Celina Skovholt on December 1, 1932 and grew up on the family farm near Mooreton, North Dakota. Ardelle attended elementary school in Mooreton, North Dakota and attended Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls, Minnesota through high school. Ardelle graduated from Augsburg College with a teaching degree with a specialty in business.

She met the love of her life, Norman Quanbeck, at a Sadie Hawkins dance while at Augsburg and she was the answer to his prayers. They wed on August 7, 1955 and were married for over 66 years. After a stint living in an airstream trailer at Fort Bragg in North Carolina they returned to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She worked in a business office while Norm finished his degree at Augsburg. In 1959 they moved to Cokato, Minnesota where Norm taught math and science. Ardelle raised 3 children, worked part-time, and was involved in church and community activities.

The world changed tremendously during Ardelle’s lifetime, from no electricity and farming with horses to the wonders of space travel and the internet. She loved her family, and enjoyed gardening, book club, quilting, photography club and road trips. Preceded in death by parents Nels and Celina Skovholt, her daughter Joan, and sisters Dorothy and Althea.

Ardelle is survived by her husband Norman, sister Verna Barrett, brother Neal Skovholt, sons Keith (Jane) Quanbeck and Ron (Alyssa Dybvig) Quanbeck, grandchildren Anna, Benjamin, Daniel, Erica, and Hailey, 4 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service will take place Monday, January 10, 2022 at 11 a.m., with visitation for 1 hour before the service, at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cokato MN. The service will be live streamed from the church website at: www.elchome.net. In lieu of flowers donations are preferred to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cokato.

Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato 320-286-2534, www.swansonpeterson.com

Arnold, Rebecca Ann (Becky) age 56, of Howard lake, was welcomed home into the arms of the lord Jesus Christ on January 3, 2022. Even through battling breast cancer for many years, she will always be remembered as a caring, loving, hopeful and spiritual grandma, mother, and sister. Those left to cherish her memory are brothers Joe Morris, Bobby Morris, children Brandon Arnold, Alysa Arnold, Kayla Arnold and 6 grandchildren as well as extended family and close friends. Funeral services are being arranged through Swanson Peterson Funeral Home for an upcoming celebration of life.

Delores Lorraine Peterson passed away Thursday, December 30 peacefully in her sleep.  She was born February 23, 1929 to Mary & Chell Peterson at their family home in French Lake, Minnesota.  The family moved to a farm near Kingston where she attended country school.  She graduated from Cokato High School in the spring of 1947.  After a short stint of working in the Twin Cities, she returned  home to care for her parents, who were in poor health.  At the roller rink in Cokato she was introduced to Walter (Wally) Sorenson, where they danced as they skated.  They were wed January 22, 1953 at her sister’s home in rural Cokato while Wally was home on leave from the army.  After he left the service, they farmed in rural Litchfield for a number of years.  Wally later got a job at 3M and in 1968 they moved to Dassel.  Besides being a homemaker, Delores became known as the “Cake Lady”.  She baked and decorated hundreds of birthday and wedding cakes.  She taught cake decorating class through community ed., training up a new generation of cake decorators.  She was always active in the church, often taking a leadership role.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her sister Violet (Arvid) Shuneson, her brother Eldon (Helen) Peterson, and her sister Gladys Peterson.  She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Walter, sons Allan (Rebecca), Boyd (Rachel), Tim (Natalie) and daughter Jann (Jason) May,

Funeral Service: 2:15 PM Saturday, January 8, 2022 at Highland Community Church of Cokato. and will be live streamed on you tube via the church web page

Visitation will begin at noon on Saturday at Church.

Spring Interment will be in the Cokato City Cemetery

Arrangements are by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cokato and Howard Lake, Minnesota 320-286-2534