Anita M. Gransee

Anita Mae Gransee, age 71 of Belle Plaine, died on Tuesday evening, April 28, 2015 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine, MN. Visitation will be on Friday, May 1, 2015, 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine and continue one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Belle Plaine, MN. Rev. Mark Johnson will officiate the services. Memorials may be given to Belle Plaine Dollars for Scholars, ear marked; Anita Gransee Memorial. Anita loved spending time with family and friends; making music, camping, visiting over coffee, exploring the outdoors, and playing with her grandchildren. Anita was born on August 5, 1943 to Alton & Gulinda (Jenson) Christopherson in Elk Mound, WI. She grew up on a farm near Elk Mound and graduated from high school in 1961. She then earned a degree in Music Education from Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN. Her first teaching assignment was in Preston, MN where she met Earl Gransee. The couple married a year later on her birthday in 1966 at Big Elk Creek Lutheran Church in Elk Mound, WI. They then moved to Northfield, MN in 1970 and Elgin, MN in 1974. They have made their home in Belle Plaine, MN since 1983. Anita was a beloved homemaker, piano teacher, and school music teacher. She conducted multiple choral and hand bell choirs and served as Director of Music at St. John Lutheran. Earl and Anita both retired in 2003. She is survived by her husband Earl; daughters Corinne Gransee (Brian) Paral of Eau Claire, WI and Michelle Gransee of Northfield, MN; grandchildren Daniel, Hunter, Diana & Elijah Gransee-Bowman and Benjamin & Calvin Paral, Siblings Elton John (Eileen) Christopherson of Elk Mound, WI, Bonnie (Doug) Feig of Starkville, MS, and like a brother, Doug (Mary) Sorenson of Superior, WI; as well as many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, parents-in-law, and nephew, Christopher Feig.

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