Jeanette S. Tolzmann

Jeanette Tolzmann, age 99 of Belle Plaine, passed away on January 4, 2017 at Kingsway Retirement Living in Belle Plaine. Funeral services will be at 11a.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at St. John Lutheran Church in Belle Plaine. Rev. Mark Johnson will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church on Wednesday morning. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Belle Plaine. Jeanette was born in Brewster, Minnesota on October 26, 1917 to Gunder and Sina (Swenson) Langland. She grew up in Brewster and graduated from High School in 1934. In 1936 she moved to St. Peter where she worked for Johnson & Company and took classes at Gustavus College. On January 9, 1940 she married August Tolzmann at Trinity Church in St. Peter. They moved to Belle Plaine in 1945. She worked for many years for Hahn's/Beck's Grocery. She was active in church teaching Sunday school, altar guild, Bible study, quilting and volunteering in the kitchen. She also did meals on wheels, helped at the food shelf and volunteered at the thrift store. The most treasured activity in recent years was spending time drinking coffee with family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters and two brothers. Jeanette is survived by her daughter, Emilie (Patrick) Duffy of Mesa, AZ, Two Grandchildren, Pat (Sandy) Duffy of Benson and Julie (Kevin) Miller of Belle Plaine, Three Great Grandchildren, Courtney Kovach, Dustin (Veronica) Kovach & Wesley (Miranda) Miller, One Great Great Granddaughter, Amiah Miller Many Nieces and Nephews.

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