Lorna Wiens

Lorna Wiens, 72, of Staples, passed away January 2, 2017, at the St. Cloud Hospital.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 7, at 1 p.m, at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples. Visitation will be Friday, January 6, from 5 to 7:00 p.m. at the Brenny Funeral Chapel in Staples and one hour prior to services on Saturday at the church.

Inurnment will be at Faith Lutheran Church Columbarium, in the spring.

Lorna Mae Wiens was born January 5, 1944 in Mountain Lake, to Abram and Sara (Wiebe) Nickel.  She grew up and attended school in Mountain Lake, graduating in 1962. She attended Grace Bible College for one year and then attended Mounds Midway School of Nursing in St. Paul. She completed her undergraduate nursing at the University of Minnesota, with a Bachelor of Science degree and taking the state nursing boards in 1967. She married Mel Wiens on June 8, 1968 in Delft. The couple lived in the Seward neighborhood of south Minneapolis. Lorna began working toward her Master’s Degree while teaching at Mounds Midway School of Nursing. The family moved to Staples in 1971, where Lorna worked at the Mary Rondorf Home.  She completed her Master’s Degree in Vocational Education at Bemidji State University. During the late 1970s she worked as Director of Nursing at the nursing home. During the 70’s and early 80’s Lorna was involved with the school’s health education program, served as school nurse and as a stay-at-home mother. In the 80’s she started the education department at the Staples hospital and into the early 1990s she worked at the Staples Vocational College. She co-owned and operated a quilting shop from 1992-1994. She worked for the U of M, with the Minnesota Dept. of Health, until her retirement in 2007.  Lorna  was very much a family person who enjoyed quilting, traveling, cooking and baking.  

Lorna is survived by her husband; two sons, Royce (Volatiana) Wiens, of St. Paul and Curt (Julie) Wiens, of Woodbury; three grandchildren; one sister, LaVera (Gary) Fenton, of Colorado Springs, CO; and other family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister, Marian.

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