Violet Hoeg

Violet Hoeg, age 101, died one day shy of her 102nd birthday, Saturday, April 9, 2022 at UHD in Blue Earth, MN. Visitation will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2022 from 10:00 AM-11:00 AM, with a funeral service starting at 11:00 AM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wells, MN with Pastor Scott Olson officiating. Burial will be in Carlston Cemetery, rural Alden, MN. Violet Jergenson Hoeg was born April 10, 1920 in Clark Township, Faribault County, MN. She was baptized in the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Wells, and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Alden. Violet was one of seven children: Frances (Clarence) Beckmann, Marion (Alice) Jergenson, Evelyn (Joe) Novak, Roger (Betty) Jergenson, Doris (Gerald) Peterson and Obert (Lavonne) Jergenson, born to parents: George and Malinda (Pettersen) Jergenson. Violet started school in a country school. The family moved to a farm in Freeborn County and it was in the Alden Consolidated school district. She finished high school in Alden, the class of 1938. She continued her education at the Wells Teachers Training and taught for one year in a country school. Donald Hoeg and Violet were married February 17, 1940 at Grace Lutheran Church in Alden. They had six children. The couple farmed around Alden for 20 years, then sold the farm and moved to Freeborn for a few months. In 1960, the couple bought a bowling alley in Winnebago, MN. Later, after retirement, they moved to Wells. Donald passed away in 1999. Violet resided at The Shepherd's Inn for several years. She is survived by her children: daughter-in-law, Karen Hoeg, Kenneth (Marjean) Hoeg, Nancy (Ed) Ritter, Lenore (Bob) Olson, Tom (Beth) Hoeg, and Sandra (Ron) Hartman; 15 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren; one sister-in-law LaVonne Jergenson of Rochester, MN; along with many nieces and nephews and their families. Violet is preceded in death by her husband Donald, all of her siblings, her son Charles Hoeg, and son-in-law, Dave Olinger.