Lorraine (Leslie) Ringler

PILLAGER - Lorraine K. (Leslie) Ringler, age 62, of Pillager, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, after a 27-year battle with polycythemia, a blood disorder. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, at Pillager Assemblies of God Church with Pastor Dan Johnson officiating. Interment will be in the Evergreen Hill Cemetery of Staples.

She was preceded in death by two sons, Randy and Dean; her parents, Walter and Alice (Peterson) Leslie; one brother, Roger Leslie; and two sisters, Bonnie Johnson and June Faruolo. She is survived by her husband, Gary; two sons, Greg (Teresa) Ringler, of Pillager, Todd (Misty) Ringler, of Baxter; three daughters, Coleen (Butch) Carlson, of Pillager, Vicky (Shawn) Holmes, of Brainerd, Lisa (Steve) Draeger, of Blaine; 15 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two brothers, Gene Leslie, of Wadena, and Kenny Leslie, of Alexandria; and one sister, Ruth Ann Nurnberger, of Staples.

Arrangements are with Brenny Funeral Home of Staples.