Mabel Bjornnes Odden ’42
Mabel Eleanor Bjornnes Odden, 95, of Hopkins, Minn., died Jan. 18, 2015. Mabel was born May 17, 1919, in Duluth, Minn., to Carl Johan and Olga Elina Bjornnes. She graduated 1937 from Duluth’s Central High School and attended St. Olaf College. Mabel was a charter member Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Edina, Minn. and an active member for over 60 years. She enjoyed ballroom dancing, golf, bridge, quilting, and dominos. She worked 30 years for Life Touch National School Studios. In 1997-98, Mabel was Senior Queen of the Hopkins Raspberry Festival. Mabel was preceded in death by husband, Robert Norman Odden, whom she married on June 28, 1941. She is survived by five children, Barbara Schaub and husband Dennis, Allan Odden and wife Eleanor, Stephen Odden and wife Marcy, Robert Odden and wife Barbara, and Kari Unruh and spouse Kendall; 11 grandchildren, Colin Schaub, Wendy Schaub and husband Todd Hurley, Molly Schaub, Michelle Odden, Sarina Odden and husband Brett Meyer, Robert Odden, Tom Odden, Mat Odden, Vanessa Barnhart, Danny Unruh, and Kelli Unruh; and six great-grandchildren, Alaina and Nathaniel Hurley, Noah and Daniel Schaub, and Micah and Junia Meyer. The family thanks staff at Beacon Hill Assisted Living for the professional and loving care they provided Mom/Nana.
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