Genevieve Marcella Holty

May 28, 1924 - December 17, 2017

Genevieve “Jenny” Marcella Holty, age 93 of Spring Grove passed away Dec. 17, 2017 at Gundersen Tweeten Healthcare of Spring Grove. Jenny was born on May 28, 1924 in North Dakota, to Oscar and Bergit (Benson) Landsom. She was a Spring Grove High School graduate. On March 16, 1946 she married Lorren Holty at Riceford Lutheran Church, Riceford, MN. The couple farmed in rural Spring Grove on the farm now owned by their Grandson Ben. Lorren preceded Jenny in death on Dec. 2, 1999. She excelled at baking and cooking. You never left her table or her kitchen hungry. She also had a vegetable garden and she really liked mowing the lawn. She loved all the various critters on the farm. She was a member of Calvary Evangelical Free Church in Spring Grove. You would inevitably find her working in the kitchen at the various events and she especially loved serving during Bible School. Survivors include her daughter-in-law Betty Holty of Spring Grove. Grandchildren Bertha Lou (Kevin) Franzen, and Christina (Manuel) Fajardo of Winona, Mn, Janelle (Todd) Halverson of Hesper, IA, and Benjamin Holty of Mabel, MN Great-grandchildren Autumn Peterson of Winona, MN, Jose Fajardo of Mankato, MN, Travis Franzen of Winona, MN and Elizabeth Garcia-Holty of Spring Grove, Mn, and great-great-grandchildren Joseph and Nathaniel Peterson. Sisters-in-law Emma Landsom of Spring Grove, Peggy Holty of Fairmont, Mn, Elaine Holty of Mabel, MN, Kathleen (Roger) Martin of Rochester, MN and brother-in-law Richard (Verly) Holty of Mabel, MN, and her nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband Lorren, she was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband’s parents, son, Dennis, sisters Josephine Rauk, Lillian (Leslie) Ingvalson, Gladys (Leslie) Wennes, Brother Milford Landsom, and brothers-in-law Keith, and Frank Holty and sister-in-law Lyla Jean (Kenneth) Thompson, and niece Barb Rauk