Anna Marie Roche, 87, of Preston, Minn., died on Monday, January 30, 2017 at St Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn.
Anna Marie Mathison Bastian Roche was born May 1, 1929 to Gilbert and Agnes (Johnson) Mathison. She attended school at Chatfield and Preston. She married Leo (Bud) Bastian on April 14, 1946. Anna Marie and Bud had three children. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church.
Anna Marie was employed by Victory Café, Lazy Dazy Bait Co., and the Fillmore County Treasurer’s Office as Chief Deputy Treasurer under Clayton Fishbaugher and Philip Burkholder. She was a past president of VFW, the American Legion, and Powder Puff Bowling League.
She lost her husband, Bud, in 1975. Anna Marie married Jerry Roche in 1988 and he passed away in 1994.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Bud; son David Lee, brother James D. Mathison and his wife, Nancy; and sister-in-law, Donna Mathison.
She is survived by her daughters Marcia (Smiley) Hanson of Austin, Minn.; and Sandra (Erlyn) Marzolf of Preston, Minn.; granddaughters Megan (Brian) Kraby of Northfield, Minn.; and Kathlyn (Jay) Harstad of Preston, Minn.; grandson John (Teresa) Marzolf of Chatfield, Minn.; great-grandchildren Lauren, Joshua, Logan, and Emma Kraby; Jimmer and AJ Harstad, and Jack Marzolf, and one brother, Lyle Mathison of The Villages, Fla.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 4, 2017, at Christ Lutheran Church in Preston, Minn., with Pastor Dan Bredberg officiating. Interment will be in Crown Hill Cemetery in Preston. Visitation will held from 10-11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
Online condolences may be left at www.hindtfuneralhomes.com.