Lotus Evelyn Vesterse

June 10, 1924 - December 26, 2015

Lotus Evelyn (Eddy) Vesterse, 91 of Spring Grove passed away December 26, 2015 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI She was born at home on June 10, 1924 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota to Vernon and Verlie (Parmley) Eddy. She had been a Spring Grove resident for most of her life, attending Spring Grove High School. On April 28, 1943 she married Ellsworth (Red) Vesterse, at Faith Lutheran Church in Black Hammer, rural Spring Grove. Lotus had worked as a waitress, and also as a factory worker and a Union Steward for Mansfield, Control Data and Northern Engraving in Spring Grove. She was an American Legion Auxiliary member, a devoted Bingo player, and a counselor and friend to many. She is survived by her children Don Vesterse, Dennis (Dianne) Vesterse and Vernee (Gary) Dahlberg of Spring Grove, Rick Vesterse of Hokah, MN, Randi (Roger) Vick of Caledonia, MN, and Holly (Willie) Falck of Decorah, IA Seventeen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren . She is also survived by her brother-in-law Carlton (Cecelia) Vesterse and Sister-in-law Dolly Onstad of Spring Grove, and sisters-in-law Diane Allen of Caledonia, MN, and Betty Eddy of Casper, Wy In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Ellsworth (Red) on Sept. 12, 1991, her daughter Connie Jo on March 17, 1975, great-grandson Jack David Vesterse, her brother Bernard, and her special friend Myron Burmaster.