Evelyn Kopitzke

Evelyn Kopitzke died Sunday, June 2, 2024 at Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson at the age of 81.

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Omro Township.  Pastor Alan Lonnquist will officiate and interment will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be at the church for one hour before the service.  Arrangements are with Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home in Dawson.

Evelyn M. Kopitzke was born September 14, 1942 on her parent’s farm near St. Leo .  She was the daughter of Henry and Judith (Reese) Kopitzke.  She attended church school and later graduated from Boyd High School in 1962.  Evelyn was the care giver for several members of her family before moving into Dawson in the 1990's.  She had the Country Bargains store with her sister, Lilah in Dawson for several years.  She was a lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.  Evelyn volunteered at the nursing home and the senior center.  She loved watching game shows, playing Chinese checkers.

Evelyn is survived by her sisters: Norma Kettner, Minneapolis, MN, Lilah Rasmussen, Canby, MN; brother-in law, Michael DeYoung; many nieces, nephews and extended relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings: Dorothy DeYoung, Donald Kopitzke, Harold Kopitzke, Donna Kopitzke; brothers-in-law, Eugene Rasmussen and Loren Kettner; and other extended family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Dawson Senior Center or a charity of the donors choice.