Valorie Kathlene Mikyska

Valorie Mikyska passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the age of 69.

Valorie Kathlene Olsen was born on February 14, 1949 to Harold and Helen (Reimers) Olsen in Moose Lake, Minnesota.  Val was the 5^th of 8 children and was nicknamed Katie by her family.

Val loved the animals on the farm and showed dairy cattle at local, state and national levels.  In 1967, she graduated from Barnum High School and in 1968, moved to Pine City.  In 1969, she met Joe Mikyska and in 1972, they were married.  Together they had three wonderful children: Kristie, Joe Jr. and Stacie.

Throughout the years Val worked at General Fab in Pine City, worked two summers in Fairbanks, Alaska, Lilja’s Drug Store and Attscott Manufacturing in Pine City.  In 1976, Val started her career at the United States Postal Service; where she worked for 28 years until she retired in 2004.  She received a State and National employee award.  After her retirement, she spent lots of time with her nine grandchildren and loved every moment.

Val was also very involved in her church, Red Hatters Club and enjoyed company with all of her dear friends.  She learned at an early age;  being with those I love, is enough!  She will be greatly missed by many.

Val is survived by her husband Joe Mikyska, Sr.; children: Kristie (Jay) Steele, Joe Mikyska Jr. all of Pine City and Stacie (John) Swanson of Braham; grandchildren: Sondra, Luke, Beau and Kendall Steele, Joey, Mason and Malia Mikyska, Blake and Katie Swanson and Jan Zahradka; siblings: Chris (Lois) Olsen of Alaska, Clarice (Porter) Huddleson of Hager City, Catherine (Cass) Wekseth of Moose Lake, Sonja (Tom) Duesler, Kenny (Joyce) Olsen all of Barnum, Tora (Wayne) Carlson of North Branch, Shelley (Sam) Hartman of Moose Lake; sisters-in-law: Donna (Larry) Shrider of Cambridge, Dorothy Kurzhals of Beroun, Lois (Dan) Langston of Mora; many nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

She is preceded in death by her parents Harold and Helen Olsen; in-laws Joe and Lorrie Mikyska; grandson Dalton Mikyska; brothers-in-law Russell Wekseth and Butch Kurzhals.

Monsignor Aleksander Suchan will celebrate a Mass of Christian Burial for Val: 10:30 AM; Thursday (5/3/18) at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Pine City.  A time of visitation and reviewal is planned from 4-8 PM; Wednesday (5/2/18) with a prayer service at 7:30 PM at the Swanson Funeral Chapel in Pine City.  Visitation will also continue 1 hour prior to the Mass in the St. Anthony Common area at the church.   The interment will take place in St. Joseph’s Calvary Cemetery, Beroun.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to: Funeral and Cremation Service of Pine City ~ Swanson Chapel.

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