LAURA KIECKER

Laura Kiecker

August 3, 1937-October 14, 2022

Laura Kiecker, age 85, of Fairfax, MN passed away Friday, October 14, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.

Funeral Service will be held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 11 a.m., at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Fairfax with interment in Augustana Lutheran Cemetery in Gibbon, MN.

Laura Mae Kiecker was born on August 3, 1937, in Franklin, MN. She was the daughter of Raymond and Viola (Sherman) Wise. Laura was baptized as an infant and was later confirmed in her Lutheran faith as a youth. She received her education at country school near Franklin, Hector and Gibbon.

On November 2, 1955, Laura was united in marriage to Jerome “Jerry” Kiecker at Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon. After their marriage, the couple resided in Fairfax. Laura and Jerry were blessed with two children. She was employed as a secretary for the Fairfax Public School and then the GFW Middle School in Fairfax. She was a loving mother and homemaker. They shared 55 years of marriage when Jerry passed away on September 12, 2010.

Laura was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Fairfax. She enjoyed reading, drawing, sewing, gardening, and fishing. She cherished the time she spent with her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchild.

Laura is survived by her children, Deborah Johnson and her husband, Kevin of Fairfax, MN, and Sherrie Hertling and her husband, Jay of North Mankato, MN; grandchildren, Jeremy and Talia Larson of Lafayette, MN, Jenny Larson and Dan Falk of Morgan; great-grandchildren, Brittany Falk, Becky Falk, Veronica Howell, Kailey Larson, Paisley Larson; great-great-grandchild, Waylon Stage; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome Kiecker; parents, Raymond and Viola Wise; brother, Earl Wise; nephew, Steve Wise; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Walter and Loretta (Prokosch) Kiecker; brother and sister-in-law, Ruben and Doris (Sellner) Kiecker.

Arrangements by Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Fairfax, Minnesota. Online obituaries and guest book available at www.hantge.com