Lola M. Klassen

Lola Klassen age 99, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota died on January 27, 2022, at the Windom Area Hospital. A private graveside service at Mountain Lake City Cemetery will take place at a later date. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Mountain Lake. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com. Born August 26, 1922 in Lakeside Township, Minnesota to Harry Henry Paskey and Mabel A. (Johnson) Paskey. Moved to Mountain Lake, MN with parents in 1933 at age 11. She worked with her parents at Harry's Cafe until her marriage to Peter G. Klassen, March 30, 1944. They farmed south of Mountain Lake until Peter's death, November, 1981. She then moved into town October, 1982. She entered the Lodge of Mountain Lake, September, 2019. She passed away at the Windom Area Hospital, January 27, 2022. Lola is survived by daughters, Jo Ann (Del) Franz, Shirl A. Charles, Karen J. Shaffer; grandchildren, Troy (Seema) Shaffer, Tracey (Matt) Eidelman; 8 great-grandchildren, Dalton Scurr, Delaney Scurr, Dylan Shaffer, Nina Shaffer, Tyler Eidelman, Max Eidelman, Charlie Eidelman, Olivia Eidelman, and her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter G. Klassen; parents, Harry and Mabel Paskey; sister, Loretta Minion and husband Nat Minion; brother, Marvin Paskey and wife Patricia Paskey; son-in-law, Robert Shaffer, and granddaughter, Theresa J. Franz-Scurr (Doug).