AGNES MADELINE LUND

Agnes Madeline Lund, 92, died Jan. 29, 2005 at her assisted living home in Palmer, of natural causes.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m., at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 501 E. Bogard Rd., Wasilla. Officiating will be Pastor Duane Hanson and Pastor Kathy Franzenberg.

Mrs. Lund was born Dec. 27, 1912, in Highlandville, Iowa, of Norwegian ancestry. Her parents were Henry Jarland and Kjersti Traaen.

She attended elementary and high school at Brooklyn Consolidated School in Wheelock, N.D. and graduated from high school in 1929, finishing high school in three years by taking extra courses.

She attended St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., from 1930-1931. She later attended Luther College (Decorah College for Women) in Decorah, Iowa from 1935-1936, earning a standard elementary teaching certificate in Iowa. Additional courses were taken at Colorado State College at Greeley, Colo., and Colorado A&M College in Ft. Collins, Colo.

Mrs. Lund began her Alaskan residency Oct. 25, 1990. She lived in Wasilla from 1990-1995 and then Palmer from 1995-2005.

She worked while attending college as a maid in Williston, N.D., for the Flying Canfields Aviatrix and also as a maid in Decorah, Iowa. Her teaching jobs in Iowa and North Dakota spanned the years between 1936-1949.

She raised two boys with her husband, Carl Lund, whom she married June 26, 1940 at Epping Lutheran Church, Epping, N.D. She was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wasilla.

Mrs. Lund enjoyed music, singing, choir, card playing, Scandinavian cooking, homemaking, Norwegian culture and she participated in many plays and musicals.

Her family wrote: "Agnes and her husband, Carl, moved to Alaska in 1990 due to medical reasons. What Alaskans were not able to experience was the involved life Agnes had before she came to Alaska.

"Her three main focuses were her family, church, and music. She took pride in her cooking and housekeeping talents. She was a master cook in preparing Scandinavian delicacies and other meals. Her reputation for preparing Scandinavian food and pastries for the Christmas season was widespread.

"She loved to entertain family and friends. Her church activities included helping organize meals for church functions, and directing the junior high youth choir. She sang in college choirs of St. Olaf and Luther College, and in local church choirs, trios, and other groups. Music was central to her life."

Mrs. Lund was preceded in death by her husband, Carl, of Wasilla; brother, Truman Jarland of Williston, N.D.; three sisters, Helma Septon, of Stanley, N.D., Olga Low of Snohomish, Wash. and Esther Bergstrom of Hawthorne, Calif. and a grandson, Douglas Lund.

She is survived by her two sons, Karl (married to Joyce) of Wasilla and Fred (married to Janice) of Klawock; grandchildren, Eric Carl of Washington, D.C., Mark Fredric of Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Jeffrey Scott of Manteca, Calif. She is also survived by numerous nephews and nieces.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Lund's memory to the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 501 E. Bogard Rd., Wasilla, AK 99654. Her ashes will be placed in the Lund family plot at Aurora Cemetery in Wasilla. Arrangements were made by Kehl's Palmer Mortuary