Audrey L. Hotvedt, 85, town of New Hope, died Saturday, June 6, 2009. at St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 13, at the North New Hope Lutheran Church in the town of New Hope, with the Rev. John Poffinbarger officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be at the church from 10 a.m. Saturday, June 13, until the services.
The Voie Funeral Home of Iola is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be offered online at www.voiefuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Hotvedt was born Feb. 3, 1924, in Eau Claire, a daughter of the late Thomas and Leona (Probst) Larson.
Before her marriage, she worked as a bookkeeper for the Eau Claire Book & Stationery Company in Eau Claire.
She was married to John Hotvedt on Sept. 24, 1944, in Hingham, Mass.
After the marriage she worked in Rosholt for Dr. V. Benn as a bookkeeper and in insurance billing. Most of her life she was a navy wife and mother to her four children.
They spent winters out of state, spending 20 years in Texas.
She was active in the church women groups.
Survivors include her husband, town of New Hope; three daughters, Louise (Stephen) Lehrer, New Hope, Christine (fiancé, Rugby DePue) Hotvedt, Wisconsin Rapids, and Mary (Jeff) McMurray, Amherst; one son, Jim (Sandy), Appleton; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, Lyle "Bud" Larson; one sister, Lois Franklin; and one granddaughter.