Mabel Luella Holman

Mabel Luella Holman, age 96 of Appleton, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at the Appleton Area Health Care Center.

Funeral services for Mabel Luella Holman will be held Friday, January 10, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton, MN.

Burial will be in the Odessa Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Mabel Luella Holman was born June 17, 1928, to parents August and Martha (Gutknecht) Pansch of rural Odessa, Minnesota.  She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.

Mabel worked at Kollitz Grocery Store in Odessa, Kresge Variety Store, Snyder Drug Store in Minneapolis, and White Variety Store in Willmar. She held a Funeral Director’s license for fifty years and she and her husband Amer owned and operated a funeral home in Appleton for fourteen years.

Mabel was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton since 1954.  She was active in Ladies Guild, choir, taught release time and Vacation Bible School, served on the Altar Guild and banner committees and belonged to a Bible study group. She was also active in the American Legion Auxiliary, serving as President, Poppy Chairman for many years, and was Chaplin for the 7th District Legion Auxiliary.

Mabel enjoyed decorating with outside lights for all seasons of the year.  She and Amer also enjoyed weekends at their cabin at West Battle Lake for fifty years.

Besides Amer’s traveling job, they took many family trips, covering all but several states in the United States, and parts of Canada and Mexico. Carpet companies gave them numerous trips to Hawaii, Mexico, Bahamas, Spain, and Morocco.

Mabel is survived by her daughters: Darcy (Duane) Kleven and Kristi (Randy) Bruer; son: Jason (Ann) Holman; five grandchildren: Nicholas Kleven, Marisa (Nate) Ludvigson, Zachary (Jenni) Bruer, McKenzie Johnson, and Lexi (Braydin) Kvistero; six great-grandchildren: Marley and Logan Ludvigson, Harlow, Luella, and Tate Bruer, and Isabelle Johnson; and many nieces and nephews.

Mabel was preceded in death by her husband Amer in 2012.

Arrangements are with Zniewski Funeral Home-Vaala Chapel in Appleton, MN.