Viola Lampela

Viola Alvina Lampela (nee Efraimson), 85, Moorhead, MN, went to her heavenly home on her baptismal birthday, November 24. She was born in Perth, North Dakota, on September 21, 1918. She went to high school in Rolla, North Dakota, where she graduated valedictorian from Rolla High School. After high school she was a beauty operator in Rolla, spent time in California and taught in a one room school house in Armourdale, North Dakota, before meeting and marrying the Reverend Eugene Lampela in 1945. They served congregations in Rocklake, North Dakota, Mount View Township - Rolla, Superior, Wisconsin, Esko, Minnesota, Wakefield, Michigan, Painesville, Ohio, and New York Mills, Minnesota. After her husband's death in 1967, she moved her family to Moorhead where she served as the Director of Special Education at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church for 35 years.





She is survived by her son, Jim (Mary) Lampela, Sarasota, Florida; seven daughters, Dawn (Don) Reisig, Sabin, Minnesota, Becky (Les) Landrie, Momence, Illinois, Mary (Dave) Williams, St. Louis, Missouri, Laurel (Helen) Lampela, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Eva (Ray) Perry, St. Louis, Kathy Lampela, Moorhead and Sue (Craig) Beyer, Fargo, North Dakota; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandson; three brothers, Rev. Carl Efraimson, Rudy Efraimson, and Rev. Rupert Efraimson; two sisters, Esther Holien and Josephine Larson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Lampela; mother, Emma Efraimson; father Alfred Efraimson; three brothers Arnie, Eino, and Bill; and three sisters, Hilda Gregor, Emma O'Brien, and Jenny.
In lieu of flowers memorials can be given to Special Education at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Visitation: One hour before the funeral at the church.

Funeral service: Wednesday, November 26, 2003, at 11 AM
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
(1000 S. 14th St.), Moorhead, MN
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, MN