Annette L. Emery, of Decorah, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 23, 2019, in her home at the age of 89.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 29, 2019, at Burr Oak Lutheran Church in Burr Oak, Iowa, with Pastor Matt Larson officiating. Burial will take place in Burr Oak Cemetery.
Visitation was from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 at Burr Oak Lutheran Church and on Wednesday one hour before the service, at the church.
Annette Lorraine (Trimbell) Emery was born July 5, 1929, at home in Fillmore County, Minn., the daughter of Emerson and Lilly (Vatland) Trimbell. She graduated from Mabel (Minn.) High School with the class of 1946.
Annette was united in marriage to Arland G. Emery on July 31, 1947, at the Greenfield Lutheran Church Parsonage in Harmony, Minn. This union was blessed with nine children: Julie, Trudy, Marsha, Steven, Arletta, Debbie, Becky, Sandra, and John.
Annette was a very busy wife and mother. When Arland and Annette farmed, she helped to milk the cows. She canned what Arland raised in the garden. She was a long time member of and very active in Burr Oak Lutheran Church and Ladies Aid. She raised nine children and a few others by babysitting. Annette loved to embroider, do other crafts, word search, look up family history and she loved to write. She even spoke a little Norwegian. She always had a lot of company at her house, from family, friends and neighbors. She and Arland loved “doings,” picnics with their children and grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Emerson and Lilly; her in-laws John and Vera Emery; her husband Arland on July 27, 2013; four sisters: Eileen Anderson, Emogene Tollefson, Eleanor Nelson and Mary Usher; and her brother Paul Thompson.
Annette is survived by her nine children: Julie (Jerry) Reckward of Castalia, Iowa, Trudy (Scott) Barnes of Calmar, Iowa, Marsha (Tom) Whalen of Preston, Minn., Steven (Laurie) Emery of Highlandville, Iowa, Arletta (Wayne) Tweten of Cresco, Iowa, Debbie (Larry) Cook, Becky (Edward) Lyon and Sandra Mitchell (Greg O’Brien), all of Decorah, and John (Carol) Emery of Babbitt, Minn.; 35 grandchildren; 83 great-grandchildren; 19 great-great-grandchildren; three sisters: Polly Brunke of Madison, Wis., Lorna (Truman) Reynolds of Moberly, Mo., and Linda (Joe) McCabe of Caledonia, Minn.; one brother-in-law, Jessie (Phyllis) of Mabel, Minn.; and two sisters-in-law, Nell Ewing of Waterloo, Iowa, and Beverly Berg of Davenport, Iowa.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Burr Oak Lutheran Church, 2358 360th Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101 or Mabel Ambulance Service, City of Mabel, P.O. Box 425, Mabel, Minn. 55954.