Remembering Grandma

 

On Saturday, Jon and I took the kids to the Waseca County Fair, and on the way home, stopped by to see my Grandma Moline.  As we were leaving, Liam flapped his wrist and gave her his special little goodbye.  She mustered up the energy to return the wave.  I kissed her cheek, told her I loved her, and we left with heavy hearts.  We knew that Grandma's time on earth was growing short.  Mom said that just that morning Grandma said, "I'm going to die.  I love Jesus."  An hour later, my Mom called to say that Grandma had just passed away.  What a gift to be able to see her just an hour before she met Jesus face-to-face.  Today we said goodbye, remembered her life, honored her memory, and rejoiced in the fact that she is now at home in Heaven. 

 

Edith Ann (Peterson) Moline, age 87, died at her home in Morristown, MN, on July 16, 2011.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at First Baptist Church in Faribault with the Reverend Daniel D. Mead, officiating. Interment will be at Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault.

Visitation will be held at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, and also for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.

Edith Ann was born on June 12, 1924, in Cambridge, MN, to Andrew Gustaf and Anna Edith (Wilson) Peterson. She accepted the Lord as her personal Savior and was then baptized at age 10 at First Baptist Church, Cambridge. She graduated in 1942 from Cambridge High School, attended Bethel College in St. Paul, and graduated from Lutheran Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN in 1946. She married Girard (Jerry) Reuben Moline, Harris, MN, at First Baptist Church, Cambridge, MN, on January 4, 1948. They raised a family together until Jerry's death on January 15, 1972, at the age of 51. She worked as a registered nurse throughout the years at Rush City Hospital, Mora Hospital, and private duty at St. Lucas Hospital in Faribault, Faribault Manor Care Center, and Faribault Regional Center. She retired from the Regional Center in 1988. Edith Ann was a member of First Baptist Church in Faribault. She served her church for many years as organist and pianist and in various children's and women's ministries. She will be remembered for her love of family and friends, for her love of church music, and for her love of serving her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In 1998 she enjoyed a trip to Sweden, the land of her heritage.

Survivors include her children: Gay (James) Martin of Owatonna, MN; Girard Scott (Rima) Moline of Jefferson City, MO; Garith (Gary) (Noemi) Moline of Yucaipa, California; Mark (Lori) Moline of Shoreview, MN; and David Moline of Morristown, MN, who cared for her the past seven years of her life. She is also survived by her grandchildren: Susan (Jon) Bushwar, Nathan (Amanda) Martin, Debby (Jeff) Crain, Patrick Martin; Erik, Michael, Lisa Moline; Jessica (Micah) Boerckel, Justin, Jeffrey Moline; and great-grandchildren: Liam, Marin, Ellery Bushwar; Avonlea Crain. She is also survived by her sisters Mary Lou (Dale) Johnson of Huntsville, AL and Margaret Froelke of West St. Paul, MN, and her husband's sister and brother Arleen Tillman of North Branch, MN, and Willard (Pete) Moline of Harris, MN. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews as well as cousins.

Edith Ann was preceded in death by her husband Girard; mother, Anna Edith Peterson, and father, Andrew Gustaf Peterson; brother, Walter Peterson, and brother-in-law, Francis Froelke; mother and father-in-law, Reuben and Eva Moline; brother-in-law, Royal Tillman, and sister-in-law, Mildred (Millie) Moline.