Then she was the devoted “Grammy” to six grandsons, showering them with love, support, and occasional advice. She was a tremendous mother to Laura and Peder and they enjoyed her complete devotion to them, until the grandkids started arriving. Her mother passed away while Loretta was in college, and her father lived with the family until his final years. Most important to her was family, her joy and priority. Water skiing (and teaching generations of others to ski), time in the water, cards with neighbors, taking care of kids and dog Muffin, and later her bridge groups passed many summer days. Summers were for Crystal Lake, starting in childhood with rented cottages in the 1940’s and continuing with today’s cottage that her father bought in 1950. Loretta traveled widely with Cal and friends, including several visits with relatives in Norway and time in nearly 30 other countries. Paul of the high regard due to those of Norwegian heritage, she prepared rommegrot for legislators on the 17th of May. Paul, many while Cal served in the state legislature. Cal and Loretta also spent 30 winters in St. She knitted Christmas stockings for countless children of family and friends (and a few special adults) and loved receiving pictures of the children and stockings over the years.
She enjoyed baking, needlepoint and knitting. There Loretta enjoyed close friends and service to the community, including active membership in Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Cloud, MN before making their home in Fergus Falls in 1960. Loretta and Cal enjoyed brief times in Norfolk, Bismarck, ND and St. They married in Enderlin on August 28, 1955, and enjoyed nearly 68 years of married life together. Cal visited from the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA to be her date at the Osakis high school prom, and to propose to her. After her graduation she taught school in Osakis, Minnesota. She also met her beloved husband Cal there, and Concordia gained a couple dedicated to Concordia and its mission. She attended Concordia College, graduating in 1952 as a rare female math major. Her Enderlin schoolmates Jack, Sally, LaRue and Mary Ann remained close and cherished friends for her entire life. Loretta was born in Enderlin, North Dakota on Novemto parents Chris and Laura (Holm) Pederson. Loretta Larson, 92, of Pelican Rapids and Perham, MN, died Thursday, August 17, 2023, at her cottage on Crystal Lake with loving friends and family by her side.
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