Millie Molstad, of the Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson, died Sunday, December 26, 2010, at the Care Center, at the age of 93. Visitation was only on Sunday for one hour prior to the service at the church. Funeral was at 1:30PM, Sunday, January 2, 2011, at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastors Kendall Stelter and Keith Long officiating; Tom Chronert gave a personal eulogy; Maia and Jonathan Tisel read Psalm 23, Jonathan Tisdel read Jeremiah 31:13, Daniel Tisdel read Colossians 3:12-15 and Aaron Molstad read Revelation 21:3-4; Jill Christie sang "In the Garden" and Chris Lehne accompanied the singing of "Blest Be the Tie That Binds", "For All The Saints" and "All Creatures, Worship God Most High." Aaron Molstad, Nathan Molstad, Marc Thoen, Roger Threde, Daniel Tisdale and Jonathan Tisdale were casketbearers. Burial was in Grace Cemetery. Donations can be made to Grace Lutheran Church or the Dawson Community Foundation. Millie Molstad (nee Mildred Ruth Threde) was born in Luck, Wisconsin, on December 27, 1916, to Harry and Josephine (Werner) Threde. While she was still an infant, the family moved to Holstein, Iowa and later, in her school years, to Sibley and Lake Park, Iowa. She graduated from Lake Park High School in 1934. She played golf and basketball and sang in a girls' sextet. She worked at a newspaper, as a telephone operator and as a grocery clerk before managing a dry goods store in Iowa. She met Elder Molstad at the Arnolds Park ballroom at Lake Okoboji and married him in the church parsonage at Lake Park on September 29, 1940. To them were born four children: Stan, Janet, Lynne and Richard. Millie and Elder owned and operated the Dawson Bakery for over 30 years, Millie managed the accounting, orders, billing and staff, while Elder did the baking. Caramel rolls were her favorite. They were active in the community, running the food stand at the baseball field, baking turkeys for local churches and staffing the enormous grill for community pancake dinners. Millie's favorite hobbies were playing bridge and golfing. She also liked to watch baseball on TV and read the Dawson Sentinel and the Saturday Evening Post. She had been a member of the Golf Association ever since high school and was active in the Ladies' groups of Trinity and Grace Lutheran Churches. She enjoyed traveling: 7 times to Hawaii and also to the Philippines and Hong Kong. She and Elder spent several winters near Knotts Berry Farm in California in the company of other Dawsonites. She entered Johnson Memorial Home in August of 2000, and remained there until her death on Sunday morning, December 26, 2010, one day before her 94th birthday. Millie is survived by sons: Stan (Barbara) of Cannon Falls, MN, and Richard (Judith Sims) of St. Paul, MN; daughters: Janet Molstad (Tim Bowen) of Denver, CO, and Lynne (Tom) Chronert of Laguna Beach, CA; grandchildren: Nathan, Aaron, Dan and Jon and step-grandchildren: Scott and Steve; great-grandchildren: Alison, Natalie, Emily, Becca, Nick and Maia and step-great-grandchildren: Matt, Sara, Sam, Tommy and Michael; and many other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elder (March 10, 1997); brother, Lee Threde (February 20, 1986); and sister, Norma Cross (August 10, 2010).