Funeral services for 86-year-old Lorraine Braaten of Butterfield, Minnesota, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday morning, June 3, 2016, at Crossroads Church in St. James, Minnesota. The church is located at 721 Weston Avenue.
Visitation will be at Sturm Funeral Home-St. James Chapel, on Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The funeral home is located at 906 10th Avenue South. A second visitation will be held at the church the day of the funeral service from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Interment will be in Butterfield City Cemetery, located south of Butterfield and Minnesota State Highway #60 on Watonwan County Road #5.
Sturm Funeral Home-St. James Chapel is handling the funeral arrangements and online tributes can be sent to: http://sturmfh.com.
Lorraine passed away at the home of her daughter, Louise Johnson, in Butterfield on Saturday, May 28, 2016.
Lorraine Katherine Braaten was born on May 2, 1930 in Watonwan County, the daughter of Erdman E. and Katherine E. (Sukau) Falk. She grew up and graduated from high school. She was united in marriage to Marland Braaten on June 1, 1951 at the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, Minnesota.
Lorraine was born again in Jesus at the Assembly of God Church in Mountain Lake. She worked as a nurses’ aide, a waitress, at Butterfield Produce and various other jobs.
Lorraine loved her Savior, husband, daughters, son-in-laws, granddaughters, grandson-in-law and great-granddaughter, as well as quilting, antiques, reading her Bible, praying and listening to old time gospel music.
Lorraine is survived by her daughter, Louise (David) Johnson of Butterfield; granddaughter, Peggy (Joe) Engelkes of Chester, South Dakota and great-granddaughter, Kimberly Engelkes.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Marland in 2010; daughter, Tammy Jo (Braaten) Leinenweber; granddaughter, Kathy Lynn Johnson; sister, Evelyn (Falk) Braaten and brothers-in-laws and sisters-in-law.
