Ada Jeppesen

Ada Florantina (nee Hansen) Jeppesen, age 80 years, 5 months, passed away peacefully at her farm home southwest of Lamberton, situated in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Ada Jeppesen was born on July 3, 1929 in Leavenworth Township, Brown County, Minnesota to parents Anton Hansen and Gladys F. (nee Maha) Hansen. Ada attended a one-room school in Highwater Township, and then attended public school in Lamberton. Ada was baptized and confirmed at Sharon Lutheran Church in Lamberton, MN. Ada met her husband William F. (Bill) Jeppesen at the roller skating rink in Sanborn, MN. William and Ada were married on September 30, 1951 at the Sharon Lutheran Church in Lamberton, MN. Bill and Ada were married for 58 years. After marriage they farmed near Brookville Township, Morgan, MN, and then in the spring of 1963 moved to the present farm in Highwater Township. They operated a small dairy and grain farm operation until retiring in 1987. Ada loved her many canine companions over the years. Ada was devoted to caring for her farm animals over the years, including dairy cattle, sheep and horses. Ada always believed that one must care for one's animals before yourself. Bill and Ada continued to have cow Moo Moo and horse Ruffian for several years following retirement. Bill and Ada in their younger years enjoyed roller skating, horseback riding, snowmobile riding, and hunting, fishing and boating. Ada enjoyed convertible automobiles, and ATV riding on the farm place. Ada loved to be outside helping her dad and older brother with farm chores. She learned to cultivate corn and soybeans at a young age, using an Allis-Chalmers C tractor. Over the years, she preferred to be outdoors helping with fieldwork and farm chores, especially cultivating and plowing. Ada could be seen during the summer riding her Farmall C tractor with belly-mower. Ada was famous for making homemade apple pies, having made about 125 pies this past summer with help from her husband Bill. Ada is survived by her husband of 58 years William F. (Bill) Jeppesen, son Kim William Jeppesen (partner, Jeffrey L. Strand) of Minneapolis, MN; sister Alta Coulter of rural Lamberton; sister-in-law Irene Williams; brother-in-law Russell Jeppesen (Mary Ann); brother-in-law Alton Jeppesen (Mary); numerous nieces and nephews, cousins, and grand- and great grand- nieces and nephews. Ada is preceded in death by her parents Anton and Gladys Hansen; brother Alton Hansen, and father-in-law and mother-in-law William E. and Laura Jeppesen.