Lorraine Harrington
Lorraine Janice Harrington, 82, of Postville passed away Sunday, April 3, 2022 at Good Samaritan Society in Waukon. Funeral Service was held Monday, April 11 at Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Postville with Pastor Steve Oden as the officiant. Burial followed at Bethany Lutheran Cemetery, rural Ossian.
Lorraine was born February 16, 1940 to Selmer and Alice (Barness) Reinertson in Winneshiek County. She attended school at Dover #6 in Fayette County and Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls, MN, graduating in 1957.
June 21, 1959, Lorraine was united in marriage with Fred Franklin Harrington at Bethany Lutheran Church in Ossian. They were married for 35 years. Throughout the years, Lorraine lived in Winneshiek and Fayette County. In 1972 she moved to rural Postville in Allamakee County, where she had the yard of her dreams. Lorraine loved to see her flowers and trees grow, especially her lilacs and weeping willow trees. In 1987, Lorraine started caregiving for the elderly and others with medical needs, which she enjoyed very much.
Surviving Lorraine are her two sons, Daniel (Donna) Harrington of Nampa, ID and Samuel (Michelle) Harrington of Postville; three daughters, Kathleen Flack of Waukon, Joleen (Terry) Flack of Waukon and Peggy (Bruce) Sharar of Walnut Ridge, AR; her grandchildren, Michaela (Rob) Schares, David (Shelley) Flack, Katina (Justin) Lyons, Alicia (Ben) Scholtes, Amos (Andria) Flack, Angela (John) Hays, Timothy (Alison) Flack, Bethany (John) Flack, Vanessa Flack, Stacie (Asa) Osborne, Luke Sharar, Ethan (Kari) Harrington, Dustin (Karissa) Harrington, Cody Harrington, Melanie Harrington and Zachariah Harrington; her great-grandchildren, Daniel Tryon, Rebecca (Sawyer) Tryon, Alyssa (Lane) Tryon, Kasey Schares, Logan and Carson Flack, Matthew and Katie Lyons, Kathryn and James Scholtes, Joanna Flack, Molly and Owen Mclaughlin, Nathaniel and Michelle Hays, Jesse and Chase Flack, Olivia and Oliver Rolfes, Holly and Lane Harrington, Kaydence Harrington and Jonah Larkin; her great-great-grandsons, Nathan and Harley Schares; her siblings, Shorty (Loretta) Reinertson of Eldora, David (Donna) Reinertson of Nampa, ID, Lyle (Gladys) Reinertson of Albert Lea, MN, Carmen (Sandra) Reinertson of Fort Dodge, Randy (Elizabeth) Reinertson of Murphy, ID, LeRoy (Judy) Reinertson of Smithville, AR and Arlene (Darold) Blaess of Canton, MN; and her godchildren, LeRoy Reinertson of Smithville, AR, Tammy Stenger of Flandreau, SD and Lisa Alterton of Guttenberg.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Harrington; her parents, Selmer and Alice Reinertson; an infant son, Todd Frederick Harrington; two infant granddaughters, Christina Flack and Stephanie Sharar; an infant great-grandson, Austin Sharar; a grandson, Joshua Sharar; her brother and sister-in-law, Kenneth and Ruth Reinertson; her godparents, Clarence and Clara Kleppe, Ralph Barness and Florence (Barness) Osmundson; her godsons, Jeffrey Reinertson and Mark Blaess; and a great-granddaughter, MacKenzie Kvam.
Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Postville assisted the family with arrangements.
