Lillian Aagard

Lillian B. Aagard, age 92, of Staples, MN, died Tuesday, September 18, 2001, at the Greater Staples Care Center. Services are scheduled for Saturday, September 22nd, at 11:00 AM, at Faith Lutheran Church in Staples, with Reverend Bradley Skogen officiating. Burial will follow in Esterday Cemetery. Friends may call on Friday evening, from 4 to 8 PM, at the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples. Arrangements are with the Brenny Funeral Home in Staples.
Lillian Belle Aagard was born on November 11, 1908, in Wadena County, MN, to Jacob and Sarah (Cook) Fleisher. She grew up and attended country school near Esterday. On June 22, 1929 she married Gerald Knox in Walker, MN. The couple lived and worked on a farm north of Staples until their retirement in 1970. They moved to Staples where Lillian spent some years working at the Senior Center preparing meals. Gerald died on January 28, 1972. Lillian later married Hans Aagard in April of 1977. Following his death on January 2, 1980, she moved to the Staples High Rise. She was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and enjoyed crocheting and reading.

Lillian is survived by 2 sons, Harold (Elaine) Knox of Holcombe, WI and Sherman (Rose) Knox of Staples, MN; 4 daughters, Jean (Richard) Koppes of Staples, Phyllis Seel of Witchita Falls, TX, Norma Knox of Staples, and Mary Lou (Garry) Flannery of Witchita Falls; a sister, Gertrude Junker of Motley, MN; 25 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and 4 step-children, Charlotte Stemson of Wadena, MN, Leroy Aagard of Wadena, Hans Agaard, Jr of Backus, MN, and Monetta Stordahl of Dennison, MN . She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands, an infant son, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters.