A. Jane Maland Vinger, of Rochester, Minn., passed away on Dec. 18, 2014 at Madonna Towers. She was born in Minneapolis on March 9, 1932 to Julius Maland ’28 and Donna Cooley Maland. She was baptized on July 24, 1932. Her family soon moved to Williston, N.D. Jane graduated from Williston High School in 1950 and from St. Olaf College in 1954, where she sang in the St. Olaf Choir for three years. She had a beautiful alto voice.

On Jan. 15, 1955, Jane and Theodore Vinger ’50 were married at Westwood Lutheran Church in Saint Louis Park, Minn., where Jane was a parish worker after college graduation. Over time, they were blessed with three wonderful children: Timothy John (1958), Sara Jane (1961), and Mary Lizabeth (1964).

Over the years she sang in and directed church choirs. During the years they lived in Saint Paul, Minn., she worked in the Pioneer Press library for 10 years.

In 2009 she was diagnosed with P.S.P. (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) and spent her final years in the Madonna Towers Nursing Care Unit in Rochester, Minn.

Jane was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband and their three children.