Life Tributes Funeral Home and Cremation Services

She was born July 28, 1928, to Lewis and Ida (Swanberg) Herfindahl in Benson, Minnesota. She grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Marshall High School in 1946 and the University of Minnesota in 1950 with a teaching degree in home economics. She taught high school in Pipestone, Anoka and Owatonna, Minnesota.She married David Charles Whitchurch in June 1950. She is survived by her four children: Gail Whitchurch (Rick Dargatz) of Indianapolis, Indiana; Joan Kopperud (Kevin Kopperud) of Moorhead, Minnesota; Elizabeth Whitchurch (Davin Miller) of Hudson, Wisconsin; and David Whitchurch of Litchfield, Minnesota; also nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; as well as one sister of Mt. Kisco, New York.She was preceded in death by her husband in 2002 and two brothers.A family celebration of life will be at 10 a.m. Monday, April 23, at Bakken-Young Funeral Home (502 3rd St.) in Hudson, Wisconsin. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Following the service, interment will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.Arrangements are with Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services of Hudson. (Crow River Media)