Eleanore Stydnicki

Eleanor "Tommy" Stydnicki, 90, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016.

Hilda Eleanor Thomsen Stydnicki was born to Mr. and Mrs. Askel Thomsen in Minneota, MN, on November 16, 1925. The family later changed the spelling of the surname to Thompson.

At age 3, her family moved to Dawson, MN where she attended schools. She graduated from Dawson High School in May 1944.

Tommy enrolled at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota, as a Cadet Nurse during WWII, graduating from the Methodist Hospital program in June 1947.

She married Stan Stydnicki of Elyria, Ohio in 1948. They met while both were attending Dakota Wesleyan University.

Mrs. Stydnicki worked in hospitals in Kansas City, MO; Austin, MN; and at the Northfield City Hospital in Northfield, MN, where her husband owned and operated the radio station, KYMN.

Tommy enjoyed traveling, reading, and quilting. She made many queen-sized quilts and smaller wall hangings and table runners, which she gifted to family members over the years. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, four brothers, Arna, Ole, Andrew, and Alvin Thompson and a sister, Anna Thompson Sigurdson.

She is survived by a daughter, Mary, and her husband, Walter Johnston, of Woodstock, MD; son, Michael and his wife, Diane, of Brainerd, MN, as well as many nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, January 15, 2016 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Brainerd. Family and friends are invited to gather one hour prior to services. Interment will take place at Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley.